Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/315087 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
Documento de Trabajo No. 202402
Publisher: 
Universidad Católica Boliviana, Instituto de Investigaciones Socio-Económicas (IISEC), La Paz
Abstract: 
Seigniorage is the ability of a central bank to capture real resources from the economy through the creation of nominal primary money. This article investigates the conditions of financial vulnerability in foreign currency of the BCB that would limit its essential functions as lender of last resort and safeguard of economic and financial stability. The main results show that seigniorage approached itslimit levelsin recent years when a growing gap wasrecorded between effective international reserves and a recommended threshold associated with an eventual balance of payments crisis; when the measures to support the BCB's international reserves compromised a risky decumulation of liquid assets in foreign currency held by the banks; and, when access to international debt markets was narrowed.
Subjects: 
Seigniorage
Financial vulnerability in foreign currency
International reserves gap
JEL: 
E44
E58
E63
F34
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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