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Macroeconomic dynamics near the ZLB: a tale of two equilibria

Aruoba, S. Boragan; Schorfheide, Frank - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia - 2013

This paper studies the dynamics of a New Keynesian dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model near the zero lower bound (ZLB) on nominal interest rates. In addition to the standard targeted-inflation equilibrium, we consider a deflation equilibrium as well as a Markov sunspot...

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Money and capital: a quantitative analysis

Aruoba, S. Boragan; Waller, Christopher J.; Wright, Randall - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2009

We study the effects of money (anticipated inflation) on capital formation. Previous papers on this topic adopt reduced …-form approaches, putting money in the utility function or imposing cash in advance, but use otherwise frictionless models. We follow a … literature that is more explicit about the frictions making money essential. This introduces several new elements, including a …

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Real-time macroeconomic monitoring: real activity, inflation, and interactions

Aruoba, S. Boragan; Diebold, Francis X. - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia - 2010

The authors sketch a framework for monitoring macroeconomic activity in real-time and push it in new directions. In particular, they focus not only on real activity, which has received most attention to date, but also on inflation and its interaction with real activity. As for the recent...

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The macroeconomy and the yield curve: a nonstructural analysis

Diebold, Francis X.; Rudebusch, Glenn D.; Aruoba, S. Boragan - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - 2003

We estimate a model with latent factors that summarize the yield curve (namely, level, slope, and curvature) as well as observable macroeconomic variables (real activity, inflation, and the stance of monetary policy). Our goal is to provide a characterization of the dynamic interactions between...

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The macroeconomy and the yield curve: a nonstructural analysis

Diebold, Francis X.; Rudebusch, Glenn D.; Aruoba, S. Boragan - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - 2003

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Sticky Prices Versus Monetary Frictions : An Estimation of Policy Trade-offs

Aruoba, S. Boragan - 2009

bilateral exchanges for which money is essential. The model is estimated and evaluated based on postwar U.S. data. We document … its money demand properties and determine the optimal long-run inflation rate that trades off the New Keynesian distortion … against the distortion caused by taxing money and hence transactions in the decentralized market. Target rates of -1% or less …

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Inflation, Monetary Policy and Stock Market Conditions

Bordo, Michael D. - 2008

This paper examines the association between inflation, monetary policy and U.S. stock market conditions during the second half of the 20th century. We estimate a latent variable VAR to examine how macroeconomic and policy shocks affect the condition of the stock market. Further, we examine the...

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Monetary Policy and Asset Prices : A Look Back at Past U.S. Stock Market Booms

Bordo, Michael D. - 2004

, productivity, the price level, money and credit stocks during each episode. Two booms stand out in terms of their length and rate … consistent relationship between inflation and stock market booms, though booms have typically occurred when money and credit …

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Was the Great Depression a Watershed for American Monetary Policy?

Calomiris, Charles W. - 1997

The Great Depression changed the institutions governing monetary policy. These changes included the departure from the gold standard, an opening of a a new avenue for monetizing government debt, changes in the structure of the the Federal Reserve System, and new monetary powers of the Treasury....

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Banker Preferences, Interbank Connections, and the Enduring Structure of the Federal Reserve System

Jaremski, Matthew S. - 2015

Established by a three person committee in 1914, the structure of the Federal Reserve System has remained essentially unchanged ever since, despite criticism at the time and over ensuing decades. With Congress now considering reforms to the System, this paper examines the original selection of...

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