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The introduction of inflation targeting in 2006, together with important economic developments such as dedollarization … the time inflation targeting was introduced and reduced levels of dollarization were observed. Results from introducing a …
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estimate a New Keynesian Phillips curve for Armenia, suggesting a significant role of the output gap and inflation expectations … in determining current inflation. Finally, the underlying fiscal stance over the period 2000-09 is assessed by estimating …
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variability over a prolonged period of time, against a background of high inflation. Convergence toward international relative and …
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This Selected Issues paper describes the monetary transmission mechanism in Sierra Leone. The paper uses a vector autoregression model to explore the links between policy changes by The Bank of Sierra Leone and real variables, such as output and prices. The paper describes Sierra Leone’s...
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, therefore, whether monetary policy is a less potent a device in affecting output and inflation in countries that have low levels … data suggests that the effectiveness of changes in policy interest rates in influencing the path of inflation appear to be …
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Over the past decade policy makers in Latin America have adopted a number of macroprudential instruments to manage the procyclicality of bank credit dynamics to the private sector and contain systemic risk. Reserve requirements, in particular, have been actively employed. Despite their...
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by the variability of monthly inflation. Second, while substantial adjustments to interest rates on indexed assets affect … the cyclical position of output and inflation, there is no evidence of a stable, systematic relationship between these … three variables. In contrast, money growth and unexpected inflation play a significant role in the transmission mechanism …
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The paper presents a DGE model designed as a core projection tool to support monetary policy in inflation-targeting (IT …
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This paper examines the impact of trade costs on real exchange rate volatility. We incorporate a multi-country Ricardian model of trade, based on the work of Eaton and Kortum (2002), into a macroeconomic model to show how bilateral real exchange rate volatility depends on relative technological...
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adjustment rule, under alternative inflation targets, in terms of output losses in a macroeconomic model, using European Union … credibility, and that a positive inflation target, as opposed to zero inflation, leads to higher and less volatile output. These … countries supports country-specific flexible inflation targeting …
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