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This paper applies a state-space approach to estimate the implicit inflation target of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) since the adoption of the Inflation Targeting (IT) framework. The paper's findings are two. First, although the official inflation target range is 3.6 percent, in...
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a similar trajectory over time, seem to have a powerful predictive information for the near-term GDP growth (up to four … relatively high predictive power regarding GDP growth, a further deterioration may imply that economic activity is likely to slow …
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The study looks at the cyclical behavior of the markups and assesses its impact on inflation dynamics. The analysis finds that the aggregate level of the private sector''s markup is relatively high, thus pointing to the lack of strong competition in South Africa''s product markets. Additionally,...
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This paper applies a state-space approach to estimate the implicit inflation target of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) since the adoption of the Inflation Targeting (IT) framework. The paper's findings are two. First, although the official inflation target range is 3.6 percent, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014395678
-shedding observed during the recent financial crisis. The paper finds that the rapid growth of the real wage, which outpaced the labor … productivity growth in most sectors, played an important role in suppressing employment creation. The paper also finds that while … and thus contribute to a weak link between real wage growth and labor productivity growth in the short term. This finding …
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-being. Finally, studying changes in satisfaction over time, we find that as countries experience economic growth, their citizens …' life satisfaction typically grows, and that those countries experiencing more rapid economic growth also tend to experience … more rapid growth in life satisfaction. These results together suggest that measured subjective well-being grows hand in …
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Many scholars have argued that once "basic needs" have been met, higher income is no longer associated with higher in subjective well-being. We assess the validity of this claim in comparisons of both rich and poor countries, and also of rich and poor people within a country. Analyzing multiple...
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