IMF Staff Country Reports

Chile: Selected Issues

August 6, 2015

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Chile: Selected Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2015) accessed December 26, 2024

Summary

This Selected Issues paper examines the effect of lower copper prices on Chile’s growth at various time horizons. This paper discusses the copper outlook and suggests that the fall in copper prices is likely to have a persistent (although not permanent) effect on GDP growth. It argues that copper prices are unlikely to return to historical highs in the near future. The paper also provides theoretical and empirical evidence supporting the view that long-term GDP growth will not be affected, but the transition toward a lower GDP level can take up to a decade.

Subject: Capital income tax, Commodity prices, Infrastructure, International organization, Labor, Labor force, Metal prices, Monetary policy, National accounts, Prices, Taxes

Keywords: Asia and Pacific, Capital income tax, Commodity prices, Copper price peak, GDP deceleration, GDP loss, Global, Household income, Infrastructure, Infrastructure capital, Labor force, Metal prices, OECD average, Potential GDP, Reform agenda, Tax reform, Volatility model

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    33

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2015/228

  • Stock No:

    1CHLEA2015002

  • ISBN:

    9781513559858

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685