TY - GEN AU - Armas, Adrián AU - Castillo, Paul AU - Vega, Marco TI - Inflation Targeting and Quantitative Tightening: Effects of Reserve Requirements in Peru PY - 2014 Y1 - 2014/04/17 DO - 10.18235/0011628 AB - This paper provides an overview of the reserve requirement measures undertaken by the Central Bank of Peru. It provides a rationale for the use of these instruments as well as empirical evidence of their effectiveness. In general, the results show that tightening reserve requirements has the desired effects on interest rates and credit levels at both banks and smaller financial institutions (cajas municipales). UR - https://doi.org/10.18235/0011628 ER -