Productivity Growth and Disinflation in Chile

15 Pages Posted: 24 Mar 2004 Last revised: 24 Apr 2022

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Jose de Gregorio

Central Bank of Chile; Universidad de Chile; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Date Written: March 2004

Abstract

This paper analyzes the role productivity growth had on disinflation in Chile during the 1990s. It argues that productivity growth was key in avoiding the output costs of stabilization in a highly indexed economy. Disinflation from the early 1990s through 1998 was costless. Among the many external and domestic factors that contributed to good macroeconomic performance, which combined simultaneously very high rates of growth and declining inflation, productivity stands high. The simulations presented in this paper illustrate this point.

Suggested Citation

de Gregorio, Jose, Productivity Growth and Disinflation in Chile (March 2004). NBER Working Paper No. w10360, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=516701

Jose De Gregorio (Contact Author)

Central Bank of Chile ( email )

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Universidad de Chile ( email )

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Chile

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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