This paper analyses inflation dynamics in the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) using a …. Imported commodity price shocks are significant in explaining inflation in the region. Governments are another driving force of … inflation dynamics mainly through controlled prices and the role of capital expenditure in domestic activity. In most CEMAC …

times. An inflation shock only slightly reduces the debt ratio for a few quarters. A positive growth shock unambiguously …

higher food shares in CPI baskets, fuel intensities, and pre-existing inflation levels were more prone to experience … scores seem to have contained the impact of these shocks better. The effect of the presence of inflation targeting regimes … inflation responds to international commodity price shocks …

Inflation in Mongolia resembles a roller coaster ride with sharp rises and steep drops. Understanding why is critical … for formulating and assessing monetary policy. Food prices are found to be a key driver of inflation, and, not surprising … underlying inflation by 1 percentage point. So, while inflation will remain volatile due to agricultural shocks, there is space …

, and current account liberalization; and (ii) inflation and various determinants, including lagged inflation, the nominal … and the real exchange rate are significant determinants but not the exchange regime or liberalization; and for inflation …, the lagged inflation rate, nominal exchange rate, and the de facto regime are significant. Exchange rate pass-through is …

proportionally to inflation. We show that conditions under which these rules generate aggregate instability by inducing liquidity … that respond to expected future inflation are more prone to induce endogenous cyclical and chaotic dynamics the more open …

This paper examines the implications of elevated global food prices for inflation in select Central Asian economies … - Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. The findings suggest that global food inflation has significant … short-run effects that build over time. Inflation outcomes simulated under alternative global wheat price assumptions …

This paper presents an empirical investigation of inflation dynamics in Libya over the period 1964–2010, using … cointegration and error correction models. While inflation inertia is found to be a key determinant of consumer price inflation, the … econometric results indicate that government spending, money supply growth, global inflation, and exchange rate pass-through play …

This paper discusses comovement between inflation and output in the euro area. The strength of the comovement may not … frequency, the output and core inflation comovement is high and stable, and that inflation lags the cycle in output with roughly … half of its variance. The strong relationship of output and inflation hints at the importance of demand shocks for the euro …

The perception that inflation dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are driven by supply shocks implies a limited role … for monetary policy in influencing inflation in the short run. SSA's rapid growth, its integration with the global economy …, changes in the policy frameworks, among others, in the last decade suggest that the drivers of inflation may have changed. We …