New Family of Banknotes -
Central Bank of Chile

The Central Bank of Chile, in accordance with its permanent process of adapting to new challenges and trends, has developed a new family of banknotes, using the most advanced technology available to enhance the traditional public confidence on the Chilean banknotes.

 

Latest News

Short-run Economic Indicators

Figures as of 31 August 2010


Published: August 31, 2010

Macroeconomic Indicators

As of quarter II, 2010


Published: August 31, 2010

Quarterly Economic Indicators

II Quarter 2010


Published: August 18, 2010

The Financial Accelerator Under Learning and The Role of Monetary Policy

Working Paper N° 590. Authors : Rodrigo Caputo, Juan Pablo Medina, Claudio Soto.


Published: August 18, 2010

Press Release

In its monthly monetary policy meeting, the Board of the Central Bank of Chile decided to raise the monetary policy interest rate by 50 basis points to 2.0 (annual).


Published: August 12, 2010

Economic Expectations Survey

August 2010


Published: August 10, 2010

Press Release

June 2010's Monthly Index of Economic Activity, Imacec.


Published: August 5, 2010

Working Papers

N° 589 Conventional Calibration Versus EDF Calibration. Author: J. Felipe Córdova


Published: July 29, 2010

The Role of Central Banks after the Financial Crisis

Economic Policy Paper N°36. Author: José De Gregorio


Published: July 27, 2010

Working Papers

N° 588 Nowcasting With Google Trends in an Emerging Market. Author: Yan Carrière-Swallow; Felipe Labbé.

N° 587 Inflation Targeting in Financially Stable Economies: Has it been Flexible Enough?. Author: Mauricio Calani; Kevin Cowan; Pablo García S.


Published: July 20, 2010

Working Papers

N° 586 Heterodox Central Banking. Author: Luis Felipe Céspedes; Roberto Chang; Javier García-Cicco.


Published: July 8, 2010

Working Papers

N° 585 Recessions and Financial Disruptions in Emerging Markets: A Bird´s Eye View. Autor: Stijn Claessens; M. Ayhan Kose; Marco E. Terrones.
N° 584 The Role of Labor Markets in Structural Change. Autor: Miguel Ricaurte


Published: July 5, 2010

Current Highlights

Fiscal Policy and Macroeconomic Performance

Fourteenth Annual Conference of the Central Bank of Chile. October 21–22, 2010. Santiago, Chile.

RFP Open Markets Operation System SOMA

We will receive Presentation of Offers until Wednesday 11 august 2010


The Central Bank of Chile is currently engaged in the process of selecting a system for managing the open market operations, standing facilities and other financial operations carried out by the National Money Desk. We seek a World Class solution to best satisfy the characteristics and specific needs of the business. This process is directed solely at those firms that were pre-selected under the RFI Outright Open Market Operations System process, whose outcome was published in our website on 14 July 2009


As per numeral 5 of the Tender Terms and Conditions for the “Open Market Operations System (SOMA)”, here below we present the clarifications and responses to the queries received during this process."


Clarifications and Responses to Queries


Clarifications and Responses to Queries 2nd


The Central Bank of Chile officializes its Acquisitions and Contracting Policy.

Under its comprehensive transparency guidelines, the Central Bank of Chile publishes its Acquisitions and Contracting Policy, which is embodied in a set of ethical values and principles whose objective is to safeguard the efficient use of its assets and be accountable to the public in regards to the rational utilization of the budgetary resources allocated to its management as an autonomous entity.

Management of Foreign Exchange Reserves

This section provides information on the Central Bank of Chile’s management of foreign exchange reserves.

Monetary Policy Under Inflation Targeting

Series on Central Banking, Analysis, and Economic Policies. Volume XI. Edited by Frederic S. Mishkin, Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel.

Indicators

Values at 2 , September , 2010

CPI-Indexed Unit of Account (UF) 21.326,11
UTM (September) 37.454,00
Observed Dollar 498,15
Euro 637,35
TCM (02/01/1998=100) 99,12

Statistical Database

last publications

Financial Stability Report

First Half 2010


Published: August, 2010

Chilean External Debt

2009


Published: July, 2010

Central Bank of Chile 1925-1964, Institutional History

Volume 14: Central Banking Series


Published: July, 2010

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