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) that answers this question. Unlike the existing theory on price indices (which is static and certain), the DPI measures the …
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This Paper proposes an index of core inflation for the euro area which exploits information from a large panel of time … component of national inflation and disregarding the idiosyncratic one, we clean inflation from measurement error, discrepancies …
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This paper introduces a new indicator of core inflation for New Zealand, estimated using a dynamic factor model and … core indicator with a wide range of other ‘core inflation’ measures estimated from disaggregate consumer prices, such as … the weighted median and the trimmed mean. The medium term inflation target of Reserve Bank of New Zealand is used as a …
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In this paper we argue that measured (RPI) inflation is conceptually mismatched with core inflation: the difference is … more than just `measurement error'. We propose a technique for measuring core inflation based on an explicit long …-run economic hypothesis. Core inflation is defined as that component of measured inflation that has no (medium- to) long-run impact …
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Much African land currently has low productivity and has attracted investors purchasing (or leasing) land as a speculative option on higher future prices or productivity. If land deals are to be beneficial they need to induce productivity enhancing investments. Some of these will be publicly...
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pronounced increase of aggregate US producer price inflation. …
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ongoing, inflation uncertainty seems to play a large role. Finally, while modern finance theory prices bonds and other assets …
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This paper investigates whether the quantity theory of money is still alive. We demonstrate three insights. First, for … countries with low inflation, the raw relationship between average inflation and the growth rate of money is tenuous at best … elasticities implied by theories of Baumol-Tobin and Miller-Orr. Finally, the sample after 1990 shows considerably less inflation …
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This paper presents a theory of the monetary transmission mechanism in a monetary version of Farmer’s (2009) model in …
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Periods of high indebtedness have historically been associated with a rising incidence of default or restructuring of public and private debts. Sometimes the debt restructuring is more subtle and takes the form of 'financial repression'. Consistent negative real interest rates are equivalent to...
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