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inflation-unemployment process. The results provide some evidence in favor of the Lucas critique by showing that the short …-run unemployment-inflation trade-off tends to improve in countries that are successful in providing low and stable inflation. …
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Upon entry into the European Union, countries become members of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), with a derogation from adopting the euro as their currency (that is, each country joining the EU commits to replace its national currency with the euro, but can choose when to request...
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The Slovak Republic’s 2005 Article IV Consultation reports that sound macroeconomic management and a wide range of fundamental structural reforms are supporting nominal convergence with European Union norms. Real GDP growth accelerated to 6 percent in 2005, driven by an improvement in the...
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analyze the inflation outlook and monetary policy challenges. The Bank of Indonesia (BI) introduced its Inflation Targeting … Framework in July 2005 with the goal to reduce inflation in the medium term to 3 percent. BI’s official mandate is stability … of the rupiah, both internal and external, and BI views the inflation targeting regime with a floating exchange rate as …
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This 2007 Article IV Consultation highlights that boom in private consumption in Iceland was facilitated by easing household credit conditions, tax cuts, rapidly rising housing and equity wealth, and an appreciating real exchange rate. As a result, the output gap peaked at over 5 percent in...
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This Selected Issues paper examines the acceleration of inflation over the past year in Chile, identifying domestic … compares it with alternative policy rules. The paper concludes that Chile’s framework based on an explicit inflation target, a …
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This Selected Issues paper discusses the policy response by a sample of central banks to the ongoing oil and food price shocks in South Africa, drawing some lessons, which can help put in context developments in the country. The paper discusses first- and second-round effects of “supply...
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Uruguay’s inflation and inflation expectations exceed the inflation target, and the gap has been widening in recent …
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The swift and decisive policy response of Korea has contributed to an impressive economic recovery from the financial turmoil. Executive Directors welcomed the well-calibrated and gradual exit strategy while aiming to achieve strong and sustainable long-term economic growth. Directors welcomed...
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This paper presents a simple structural model of inflation adapted for Nigeria based on the methodology of Berg, Karam …
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