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Main Author: Edwin Le Heron
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2004
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Online Access:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=60124901
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  • From the Canadian Experiment of the 1990’s:A New Consensus on Monetary Policy Edwin Le Heron Economía y Finanzas By analyzing the documents issued by the Bank of Canada, a new, original,monetary policy begins to emerge. The Canadian monetary policy tries to maintainits autonomy, while at the same time respecting floating exchange rates. Thenumerous innovations are the foundations of a New Consensus on monetarypolicy. Far from the dilemma of rule versus discretion of the former Monetaristand Keynesian methods, a new dilemma will be the focal point, that of credibilityversus confidence. Here, the anticipations of the economic agents, the behaviorof financial markets and the price of assets play a dominant role. Based on the innovative experiment of the Bank of Canada during the 1990s, the characteristicsof the New Consensus is explained. Far from making independent central bankssome high-powered institutions, it shows them instead to be “statues with feet ofclay”. 2004 artículo científico 0185-1667 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=60124901 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=601 Investigación Económica application/pdf Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Investigación Económica (México) Num.249 Vol.LXIII