Public Debt Indexation and Denomination: The Case of Brazil

Ilan Goldfajn

Working Papers Central Bank of Chile from Central Bank of Chile

Abstract: The paper models the optimal debt management strategy of the public sector when issuing nominal, pricelevel indexed and foreign denominated debt securities. The model predicts that the variance of inflation, the size of the public debt, the variance of the real exchange rate, and the correlation of inflation with public expenditures are the main determinants of public debt management. Using this framework, the paper analyzes the Brazilian experience with indexed debt in the last decade. In particular, it explains the large increase of indexed public debt in Brazil prior to the Real plan of 1994 and, thereafter, its steady decrease.

Date: 1998-04
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Journal Article: Public Debt Indexation and Denomination: The Case of Brazil (2000)
Working Paper: Public Debt Indexation and Denomination: The Case of Brazil (1998)
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