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, and services; (iii) global indexes such as oil price, shipping costs, and a global supply chain pressure index do not …
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This paper predicts downside risks to future real house price growth (house-prices-at-risk or HaR) in 32 advanced and emerging market economies. Through a macro-model and predictive quantile regressions, we show that current house price overvaluation, excessive credit growth, and tighter...
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We use randomized controlled trials in the US, UK, and Brazil to examine the causal effect of public debt on household inflation expectations. We find that people underestimate public debt levels and increase inflation expectations when informed about the correct levels. The extent of the...
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The global financial system has shown remarkable resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic, despite a sharp decline in …-induced crisis, major central banks acted swiftly and decisively, cutting policy rates, introducing new asset purchase programs … the pandemic crisis has underscored the importance of policies in preventing calamitous financial outcomes, it has also …
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The Global Financial Crisis has reopened discussions on the role of the monetary policy in preserving financial …
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Extended periods of ultra-easy monetary policy in advanced economies have rekindled debates about the zombification of weak companies and its impact on resource allocation, economic growth, inflation, and financial stability. Using both firm-level and macroeconomic data, we find that recessions...
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This paper develops a structural macroeconometric model of the world economy, disaggregated into thirty five national economies. This panel unobserved components model features a monetary transmission mechanism, a fiscal transmission mechanism, and extensive macrofinancial linkages, both within...
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This paper empirically evaluates the operational performance of the McCallum rule, the Taylor rule and hybrid rules in India over the period 1996-2011 using quarterly data, with a view to analytically informing the conduct of monetary policy. The results show that forward-looking formulations of...
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This paper provides some empirical estimates on how tightly is it feasible to control inflation in a very small open economy such as Iceland. Estimated macroeconomic models of Canada, Iceland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States are used to derive efficient monetary policy...
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As the 'Volcker shock' is believed to have generated useful information on the effects ofmonetary policy, this paper develops a simple procedure to identify other unanticipatedmonetary contractions. The approach is applied to a panel data set spanning 162 countries(over the period 1970-2017), in...
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