Notes on the Brazilian Crisis of 1997-99

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ABSTRACT This paper deals with the Brazilian crisis of 1997-98 that lead to the exchange rate floating of January 1999. It starts by showing how exchange rate policy evolved since the Real Plan of 1994 and how the exchange rate regime became a critical issue when the crisis started in 1997. It discusses monetary policy during the crisis, the IMF program, the endogenous diagonal band and the decision to float as an alternative to capital controls and default. This five-year drama ended surprisingly well with a benign float, but it is useful to know its details, with the usual mix of economic de- bate, personality clashes and historical fatality.RESUMO Este artigo trata da crise brasileira de 1997-98 que levou à flutuação cambial de janeiro de 1999. Começa por mostrar como a política cambial evoluiu desde o Plano Real de 1994 e como o regime cambial se tornou uma questão crítica quando a crise começou em 1997. Ele discute a política monetária durante a crise, o programa do FMI, a banda diagonal endógena e a decisão de flutuar como uma alternativa aos controles de capital e inadimplência. Este drama de cinco anos terminou surpreendentemente bem com uma flutuação benigna, mas é útil conhecer seus detalhes, com a mistura usual de debate econômico, confrontos de personalidade e fatalidade histórica.

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LOPES, F. L. (2003). Notes on the Brazilian Crisis of 1997-99. Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 23(3), 376–404. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-31572003-0666

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