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Modeling Inflation for Mali
Diouf, Mame Astou - 2007
This paper investigates how consumer price inflation is determined in Mali for 1979-2006 along three macroeconomic … explanations: (1) monetarist theories, emphasizing the impact of excess money supply, (2) the structuralist hypothesis, stressing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012677447
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Weighted Median Inflation Around the World: A Measure of Core Inflation
Ball, Laurence - 2023
The standard measure of core or underlying inflation is the inflation rate excluding food and energy prices. This paper … constructs an alternative measure, the weighted median inflation rate, for 38 advanced and emerging economies using subclass …, and more closely related to headline inflation over the next year. The weighted median also has a drawback: in most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015059656
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Myth of Post-Reform Income Stagnation in Brazil.
Chamon, Marcos - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012690983
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Measuring Competitiveness.
Neary, J. Peter - 2006
Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MEASURING THE COST OF LIVING -- III. TRUE REAL EFFECTIVE EXCHANGE RATES -- IV. AN APPLICATION: THE IRISH ECONOMY'S EXPOSURE TO STERLING -- V. CONCLUSION -- Appendix -- References.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012691043
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Difference Between Hedonic Imputation Indexes and Time Dummy Hedonic Indexes.
Silver, Mick - 2006
Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. HEDONIC INDEXES -- III. WHY HEDONIC IMPUTATION AND DUMMY TIME HEDONIC INDEXES DIFFER -- IV. CHOICE BETWEEN HEDONIC INDEXES AND DUMMY TIME HEDONIC INDEXES -- V. CONCLUSIONS -- References.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012691089
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Why Elementary Price Index Number Formulas Differ : Price Dispersion and Product Heterogeneity
Silver, Mick - 2006
Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. ELEMENTARY INDEX NUMBER FORMULAS, THEIR USE AND JUSTIFICATION -- III. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE JEVONS AND DUTOT FORMULAS -- IV. EMPIRICAL WORK -- V. IMPLICATIONS FOR CPI COMPILATION -- VI. SUMMARY -- Data Annex.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012691106
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The Myth of Post-Reform Income Stagnation : Evidence from Brazil and Mexico
de Carvalho Filho, Irineu - 2008
Economic policies are often judged by a handful of statistics, some of which may be biased during periods of change. We estimate the income growth implied by the evolution of food demand and durable good ownership in post-reform Brazil and Mexico, and find that changes in consumption patterns...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014409055
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Putting the New Keynesian Model to a Test
Straub, Roland; Peersman, Gert - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
In recent years, New Keynesian dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (NK DSGE) models have become increasingly popular in the academic literature and in policy analysis. However, the success of these models in reproducing the dynamic behavior of an economy following structural shocks is still...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264045
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The Plutocratic Bias in the CPI; Evidence From Spain
Castillo, Javier Ruiz; Ley, Eduardo; Izquierdo, Mario - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
We define the plutocratic bias as the difference between inflation measured according to the current official CPI and a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264149
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Capital Flows and Financial Stability; Monetary Policy and Macroprudential Responses
Unsal, D. Filiz - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
challenges for policymakers: (i) to prevent capital flows from exacerbating overheating pressures and consequent inflation, and …," which calls for a rather aggressive monetary policy reaction to inflation, introducing macroprudential measures is found to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009293772