Political Science on June 4th. It starts by asking what factors have been behind the remarkable retreat of inflation that has …

stable rates inflation in many countries in the nineties. Consequently, the main goal of this paper is to offer an overview … of the main policy issues arising in a low inflation environment and their practical relevance so as to identify the main …

During the 1970s and early 1980s, Spain suffered high rates of inflation but inflation declined and by 1997 inflation … had fallen to approximately 2 percent. To fight inflation, Spain implemented austere monetary programs, joined the EMS in … 1989, enacted central bank autonomy in 1994, and introduced inflation targets in January 1995. Certainly, these and other …

and its implications for US output, hours and inflation. Second we evaluate the extent to which that responses can be …

restructuring and defaults; in the United Kingdom inflation has dominated, eroding the value of debt; and in Ireland and Spain the …