In this paper three possible reasons are examined for a sluggish inflation response to a hard currency peg. Models of … credibility and the speed of private sector learning, which are shown to have a major impact on the speed of inflation adjustment …. But even if individual agents believe the government will not devalue, it is shown that inflation inertia can still arise …

rapid credit expansion. Inflation was contained while fiscal and external positions improved. Key policy priorities are to …

The recent global financial crisis has exposed the limitations of a conventional inflation targeting framework in … and inflation. Possible refinements to the inflation targeting framework in Korea were investigated by taking into account … business cycle fluctuations by mitigating the buildup of factors that lead to large fluctuations in output and inflation. …

Inflation in Southeastern European (SEE) countries has been comparable with euro area inflation, partly owing to on the … inflation-targeting regime pursued in Albania. The analysis also explores additional heterogeneity between SEE and other regions …

The global financial crisis has exposed the limitations of a conventional inflation targeting (IT) framework in … inflation. Accordingly, we investigate possible refinements to the IT framework by incorporating financial stability …

Exchange rate-based inflation stabilization (ERBS) policies are associated with a boom-recession cycle in economic … forward-looking pricing behavior without inflation stickiness and attribute the slow decline in inflation to the consumption …-looking components of inflation weigh approximately equally in pricing behavior, and therefore, that inflation is partially sticky. The …

The ECB's objective of medium-term inflation below 2 percent has been portrayed by critics as ambiguous, asymmetric … that: (1) in terms of guiding inflation expectations and policymaking, the current definition has functioned much as would … an inflation target centered on 1 1/2-1 3/4 percent; (2) the absence of a specific (point) target for medium …