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This report presents a simple theorretical model that shows the quantitative impact of the increased interest rate premiums on economic performance. Some evidence is presented that suggests high Canadian interest rate premiums were an important factor explaining the general weakness of economic...
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inflation and output dynamics in the United States. In particular, I find that real money balance effects are quantitatively …
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The level of potential output plays a central role in the Bank of Canada's new Quarterly projection Model (QPM). This report, the fourth in a series documenting QPM, descridbes a general method to measure potential output, as well as its implementation in the QPM system.
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examines whether they can be used to analyse the inflation-control problem. Given the close correspondence between the exchange … rate and inflation-targeting problems, the target-zone literature may help us better understand inflation dynamics and … central-bank credibility in the presence of inflation-control targets or ranges. While we find many common elements across the …
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inflation such as the U.S. and Canada. For example, in Canada, a systematic review of the current inflation targeting framework … effects of inflation. This omission is likely to be important since the welfare costs of inflation depend not only on … assessing the redistributional effects of inflation in Canada that arise through the revaluation of nominal assets and …
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-zero trend inflation. We characterize the fiscal and monetary policies by a rule whereby a given fraction k of the government … measured by (1 - k), is positively related to trend inflation, and 2) when prices are sticky, k has significant effects on the …
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inflation response to money shock, the liquidity effect and the sluggish price adjustment) are not robust. In an endogenous …
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This paper studies the interdependence between fiscal and monetary policies, and their joint role in the determination of the price level ...
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rate as the real policy rate consistent with output at its potential level and inflation equal to target after the effects … rate below neutral will be required to maintain inflation sustainably at target. …
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markets react to inflation by revaluing their exchange rates by 10 per cent. This affects the outlook for commodities only …
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