Exchange Rate Expectations under a Fixed Exchange Rate Regime. An Imaginary Application to the Case of the Cuban Peso.   Ernesto Hernández-Catá June 2021   In a recent paper, Luis (2021a) provided a rigorous analysis of Cuba’s exchange rate system. His model, based on portfolio selection theory, features the three currencies that until recently circulated […]

INFLATION IN CUBA 2010-2021* Luis R. Luis   The Cuban economy has experienced moderate inflation in recent years.  The only recent official statistic is the household consumption deflator in the national income accounts of the Oficina Nacional de Estadística e Información which shows an average increase of 3.1% per year in 2010-2019 (ONEI 2016, 2020). […]

Monetary Bang and Inflation after the January 2021 Devaluation of the Cuban Peso Luis R. Luis   The Cuban government set January 1st 2021 as day zero when the convertible peso or CUC will merge into the CUP or Cuban peso which will devalue from 1 per dollar to a new rate of 24 per […]