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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 …
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This paper examines inflation dynamics in Chile during the last peso depreciation episode 2013-15. The evidence is for … substantial pass-through effects to inflation, given the large and persistent depreciation movement. Widespread indexation … practices in non-traded goods markets are found to amplify the inflation response to the depreciation, while the role of wage …
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between monetary autonomy and inflation dynamics in a panel of Caribbean countries over the period 1980-2017. The empirical … results show that monetary independence is a significant factor in determining inflation, even after controlling for … monetary policy for domestic purposes independent of external monetary influences, leads to lower consumer price inflation …
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This paper provides a broad brush look at the impact of fluctuations in global food prices on domestic inflation in a … advanced economies, and less anchored inflation expectations in emerging economies than in advanced economies …
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Inflation in Barbados is mainly imported. But how are external shocks transmitted to the domestic economy? Shouldn … dynamics and contribute to the existing literature in three ways: (i) we identify the process with which inflation expectations … are likely to be formed in Barbados; (ii) we add forward looking inflation expectations as one of the main channels …
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supply chain disruptions for inflation and monetary policy in sub-Saharan Africa. Increases in supply chain pressures have … had a sizeable impact on headline, food, and tradable inflation for a panel of 29 sub-Saharan African countries from 2000 … to 2022. Our findings suggest that central banks can stabilize inflation and output more efficiently by monitoring global …
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Does the South African rand's relatively large volatility affect inflation? To shed some light on this question, a … standard estimation technique of exchange rate pass-through to inflation is extended to incorporate exchange rate volatility …. Estimated results suggest that higher exchange rate volatility tends to increase core inflation but to a relatively limited …
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This paper focuses on the role of the pass-through of the exchange rate and policydeterminants in driving inflation …, nonfood prices not only directly influence headline inflation, but also have an significant impact on food inflation via … second round effects; (ii) the pass-through of the exchange rate to headline inflation has jumped from zero to 11 percent …
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Covid-19 and war-induced commodity price fluctuations, and broadening price pressures have led to a surge in inflation … raising concerns of youth unemployment. This paper explores the effects of inflation on private employment growth in SSA using … inflation and job creation in SSA, with job creation being negatively correlated with inflation rate when the latter is above 14 …
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High and volatile inflation has been an endemic economic and social issue in Iran that has contributed to rising … poverty and social tensions. For policymakers to effectively address the inflation problem, it is critical to understand its … long-term determinants of inflation in Iran over the past two decades and identify policy options to curb it. Using …
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