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We study empirically daily French and German interest rate changes since the Basle-Nyborg agreement of September 1987. In particular, we ask whether the shock associated with German unification altered the degree of leadership of German monetary policy in the ERM. We conclude that Germany’s...
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This study examines money demand and inflation dynamics in the Islamic Republic of Iran using quarterly data for the … long-run money market equilibrium condition is identified and the short-run behavior of the inflation, measured in terms of …/01-2001/02 buoyed the demand for domestic money and contributed to the decline in inflation. Tests of model stability do not point to a …
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transmission of inflation from India. Because the Nepali currency is pegged to the Indian rupee and the two countries share an open … border, price developments in Nepal would be expected to mirror to those in India. The results show that inflation in India … and inflation in Nepal tend to converge in the long run. Our estimates indicate that the passthrough of inflation from …
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This study establishes a framework for analyzing the major determinants of inflation in the Islamic Republic of Iran …, and goods. Results strongly support the need for a sustained prudent monetary policy in order to reduce inflation and … inflation that, in turn, intensifies asset substitution (from money to foreign exchange), thereby weakening real demand for …
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Since independence in 1991, Uzbekistan has pursued a gradual approach to the transition from planned to market economy. This approach relied heavily on trade controls, directed credit, and large public investments. A number of financial sector measures were also instituted that distorted...
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This paper examines the determinants of inflation in Sierra Leone using a structural vector autoregression (VAR …) approach to help forecast inflation for operational purposes. Despite data limitations, the paper accurately models inflation … in Sierra Leone. As economic theory predicts, domestic inflation is found to increase with higher oil prices, higher …
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This paper reviews recent advances in the specification and estimation of Bayesian Vector Autoregressive models (BVARs). After describing the Bayesian principle of estimation, we first present the methodology originally developed by Litterman (1986) and Doan et al. (1984) and review alternative...
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This paper investigates how consumer price inflation is determined in Mali for 1979-2006 along three macroeconomic … long-run determinants of inflation. The paper offers policy recommendations for controlling inflation in Mali. …
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been based on discretionary targeting of broad money without any clear target to anchor inflation expectations. This paper … are required to strengthen the ability of the CBY in achieving low and stable rates of inflation over the medium term. …
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We study exchange rate and equity price dynamics, in general equilibrium, in the presence of news shocks about future productivity and monetary policy. We identify a condition under which these asset prices become more volatile without affecting the volatility of the underlying processes-a...
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