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inflation by using a Nonlinear ARDL (NARDL) model, which is compared to a benchmark linear ARDL one. Using monthly data from the …, especially negative ones, have a stronger impact on inflation than OPU ones and capture some of the monetary policy uncertainty …, thereby reducing the direct effect of interest rate changes on inflation. Since EPU shocks reflect, at least to some extent …
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Zimbabwe has currently the highest rate of inflation in the world (an annual rate of 1,730 percent in February, 2007 …). The high rates of inflation have contributed to the contraction of the economy, which has declined by about 30 percent … since 1999. This paper examines the stabilization experience of countries that experienced similar rates of inflation (above …
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This paper summarizes the macroeconomic performance of the transition economies. We first review the initial conditions confronting these economies, the reform strategy that was proposed, and the associated controversies that arose a decade ago. We then account for the widely different outcomes,...
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This paper uses a pairwise approach to investigate the main factors that have been driving inflation differentials in … the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region for the past two decades. The results suggest that inflation differentials in …
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stronger bargaining position when they try to prevent a cut in money wages. If inflation is so low that some money wages have … to be cut, workers stronger bargaining position requires higher unemployment in equilibrium. However, inflation is more … stable when money wage rigidity binds, providing an incentive for monetary policy makers to choose a low target for inflation …
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. Therefore, in periods with inflation generous tax depreciation provisions do not adequately promote private investment as … designed, but partly compensate such losses caused by inflation. …
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consider the implications of a risk premium that arises from endogenous market segmentation driven by variable inflation rates …. In the absence of autocorrelation in inflation, the risk premium is constant. If inflation is correlated, however, the …
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volatility) can have adverse effects on real output, through excessively high and persistent levels of inflation. Lack of … have also become a drag on real output. In order to promote growth, policies should be devised to control inflation; to …
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