Róger Madrigal: “Don’t Turn the Trade Problem Into a Monetary Policy Problem”

With 41 years of working in the Central Bank of Costa Rica (BCCR) and three years of having assumed the presidency of that entity, Róger Madrigal has faced various external and internal shocks that have challenged the economy and, more recently, have targeted sectors that demand a revision of the exchange rate, especially those sectors that are affected by the appreciation of the colón.To this environment is added an economy with sectors that ha…