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New Working Paper | The Impact of Colombia’s Gross Leverage Position in Foreign Exchange Derivatives on Housing Market Stability

April 21, 2025

Housing prices are among the most crucial determinants of a country’s financial and macroeconomic stability. As a key macroeconomic indicator, they significantly influence both consumption and investment, shaping economic and financial cycles. Given that housing represents a substantial share of household wealth, price fluctuations have far-reaching effects on consumption, savings, and labor market decisions.

FLARblog | What Happened to Integration and Financial Stability after the Global Financial Crisis? An Answer from Machine Learning

FLARblog | What Happened to Integration and Financial Stability after the Global Financial Crisis? An Answer from Machine Learning

December 14, 2023

Instant Payments: The Present and Future of Payments in Latin America and the Caribbean

Instant Payments: The Present and Future of Payments in Latin America and the Caribbean

November 29, 2023

FLAR Sesion LACEA-LAMES 2023 | Monetary Policy in Sudden Stop-Prone Economies

We are pleased to share with you the re-run of the session ‘Monetary Policy in Sudden Stop-Prone Economies’ by FLAR at the LACEA – LAMES 2023 annual meeting.

November 29, 2023

Press release | Joint IMF-RFAs press release on the 8th High-level RFA Dialogue

Press release | Joint IMF-RFAs press release on the 8th High-level RFA Dialogue

October 10, 2023

New Working Paper | U.S. Monetary Policy Shocks and Bank Lending in Latin America: Evidence of an International Bank Lending Channel

New Working Paper | U.S. Monetary Policy Shocks and Bank Lending in Latin America: Evidence of an International Bank Lending Channel

October 4, 2023

FLARblog | Does the U.S. Monetary Policy Shocks Affect Bank Lending in Latin America?

FLARblog | Does the U.S. Monetary Policy Shocks Affect Bank Lending in Latin America?

September 28, 2023

FLARblog | Latin America: A better than expected second quarter

FLARblog | Latin America: A better than expected second quarter.

August 16, 2023

New working paper in academic journal | An Explained Extreme Gradient Boosting Approach for Identifying the Time-Varying Determinants of Sovereign Risk

New working paper in academic journal | An Explained Extreme Gradient Boosting Approach for Identifying the Time-Varying Determinants of Sovereign Risk

July 31, 2023

FLARblog | Fiscal Resilience in a Post-Pandemic World: This time is not different.

FLARblog | Fiscal Resilience in a Post-Pandemic World: This time is not different.

July 17, 2023

New discussion paper | Global efforts to fight the consequences of climate change: the role of Regional Financing Arrangements

This study provides an overview of steps taken by Regional Financing Arrangements (RFAs) to incorporate climate considerations into their activities, covering the areas of economic monitoring, lending, capacity building, and internal policies and operations.

March 22, 2023

New Working Paper | Banks’ Leverage in Foreign Exchange Derivatives in Times of Crises: A Tale of Two Countries

New Working Paper | Banks’ Leverage in Foreign Exchange Derivatives in Times of Crises: A Tale of Two Countries

November 21, 2022

XXXVI Conference of Central Banks and Official Institutions | Media Center

On October 27, the XXXVI Conference of Central Banks and Official Institutions was held in Cartagena de Indias. In its 36 editions, this is the first to propose a hybrid format for its sessions.

November 9, 2022

Announcement | XXXVI Conference of Central Banks and Official Institutions is coming up

Official Announcement | XXXVI Conference of Central Banks and Official Institutions is coming up!

October 2, 2022

XVII Annual Conference of Economic Studies 2022

On August 12, the XVII Annual Conference of Economic Studies: Monetary Policy and Post-Covid Fiscal Rules will be held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. Event organized by FLAR in conjunction with the Development Bank of Latin America

August 11, 2022

FLAR Talks | The dollar debt of companies in Latin America: the warning signs

FLAR Talks | The dollar debt of companies in Latin America: the warning signs

May 31, 2022

FLARblog | Regional perspectives on the economic impact of a double shock: Asia, Europe, Latin America

FLARblog | Regional perspectives on the economic impact of a double shock: Asia, Europe, Latin America

May 18, 2022