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This paper presents a set of new core inflation measures for Brazil based on the Singular Spectrum Analysis (SSA) method. The measures are based on the official target used in the Brazilian inflation targeting regime. The period of analysis ranges from the beginning of the inflation targeting regime in 1999 and 2021. The SSA measures were compared to the inflation core ones used by the Central Bank of Brazil, through the evaluation of unbiasedness, short-term adjustment dynamics and predictive ability. The measures estimated by SSA meet the desired properties and have a greater predictive capacity than the other inflation cores.

The channels driving the international macroeconomic and financial shock transmission is important for policy makers for the evaluation of the macroeconomic models and the appropriate policy design. The interdependencies between countries have a significant role on the international spillovers of macroeconomic shocks on the emerging market economies. The purpose of this study is to assess how do the domestic and foreign shocks affect the fundamental macroeconomic variables of a small-open economy, and in particular Türkiye. The domestic supply, demand and monetary policy shocks and their global counterparts are estimated by employing a Bayesian Structural VAR model identified with sign and zero restrictions. After a US monetary tightening shock, the results demonstrate an appreciation of the US Dollar against Turkish lira, a rise in the domestic consumer price level, a contractionary monetary policy response accompanied by a fall in the real output level. This reaction is a strong evidence of the existence of a global interest rate contagion present in the international macroeconomics literature.

This work examines the time-varying interlinkages among economic confidence, energy prices, geopolitical stress, and short/long-term interest rates in the Euro Area. Our research meticulously explores the interplay between economic confidence and various determinants, including financial indicators, geopolitical stress incidents, and energy prices. Employing innovative approaches such as the time-varying parameter vector autoregression (TVP-VAR) time and frequency-domain connectedness, we uncover the nuanced relationships between economic confidence, financial indicators, and energy prices. We illuminate the systemic nature of shock transmission in the Euro Area, identifying key net transmitters and recipients of shocks, with short-term interconnectedness emerging as a dominant feature, especially during pivotal events such as the global financial crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, and geopolitical conflicts. Our empirical findings can be summarized as follows: First, both the time and frequency-domain connectedness indexes correctly associate with major financial/geopolitical events. Second, BCI and CCI respond to the GFC asymmetrically. Third, Brent and short/long-term interest rates are the net transmitters of shocks on average. Fourth, there is a considerable augmentation in return spillovers during the period characterized by the pandemic crisis compared to the GFC. Finally, our findings for frequency-dependent connectedness networks indicate that the market is particularly susceptible to short-term shocks. This study has significant ramifications for investors, market players, and policymakers.

In 2020, the European Banking Authority (EBA) launched a public consultation on future changes to the European Union wide stress test (EUWST). The EBA proposes a dual approach across four broad criteria of relevance, comparability, transparency, and cost efficiency: a supervisory leg as the basis for Pillar 2 Guidance decisions and a bank leg to provide information and foster market discipline. Prior to new methodological proposals, an accurate global and summarized overview of what has been accomplished so far is required. This paper presents a synthetic review of the EBA's vision for the EUWST's future and feedback review.