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The paper analyses the reasons for Japan's persistently low inflation since the bursting of the Japanese bubble economy … (low inflation conundrum). It is shown that Japan experienced a structural break from a high-growth period with relatively … high inflation to a low-growth period with exceptionally low inflation since the early 1990s. We show based on a stylized …
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, hyperinflation in Germany after World War I, inflation in Argentina since the 1980s, currency reform in Germany after WW II, and … precedents and proposals have included austerity, haircuts and the generation of inflation. Each way has advantages and …
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directly on the relationship between the rate of change of the money stock and inflation. We believe that this is an inferior … instrument for the long-run control of inflation. An important finding that contradicts all of the previous literature is that … the QTM holds for low inflation as well as for high inflation. We discuss how our findings relate to monetarism generally …
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current operating procedures and make monetary policies more effective in fighting inflation. …
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This paper explores communication strategies for anchoring households’ medium-term inflation expectations in a high … inflation environment. We conducted a survey experiment with a representative sample of 4,000 German households at the height of … the recent inflation surge in early 2023, with information treatments including a qualitative statement by the ECB …
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This paper studies the causal effect of inflation literacy on inflation expectations and trust in the central bank …, we first test the effect of non-numerical information about inflation and monetary policy, the literacy treatment. In the … the literacy treatment, incorporate quantitative information differently into their inflation forecasts. We find that the …
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find evidence of its linchpin prediction that is not limited to periods of high inflation. -- quantity theory of money …
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actually be welfare reducing if the trade union has an exogenously given preference against inflation. We reframe this …
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benefits of a commitment to a peg, domestic and foreign inflation (aversion), as well as business cycle volatility and …
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