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We empirically examine U.S. monetary policy spillovers to the Middle East and Central Asia (ME & CA) region by decomposing U.S. interest rates changes into two orthogonal shocks: the pure monetary policy shock and the information news shock. Using a sample of 16 ME & CA countries, we find that...
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In this paper, we examine how economic shocks affect the distribution of household inflation expectations. We show that … the dynamics of households' expected inflation distributions are driven by three distinctive functional shocks, which … influence the expected inflation distribution through disagreement, level shift and ambiguity. Linking these functional shocks …
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. Data Overview -- V. Estimation Results -- VI. Analyzing the Robustness of the Results -- VII. Conclusion -- References … Non-hydrocarbon GDP Growth and Inflation, 1991-2010 -- 2. GCC and U.S. Nominal Short-Term Interest Rates, 2004 …
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, therefore, whether monetary policy is a less potent a device in affecting output and inflation in countries that have low levels … data suggests that the effectiveness of changes in policy interest rates in influencing the path of inflation appea …
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We examine three main channels through which U.S. monetary policy shocks affect firm investment in foreign countries: (1) the balance sheet channel; (2) the financial channel of the exchange rate; and (3) the trade channel. For this purpose, we use quarterly firm-level data for 63 advanced...
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We present evidence of a risk-taking channel of monetary policy for the U.S. banking system. We use confidential data on the internal ratings of U.S. banks on loans to businesses over the period 1997 to 2011 from the Federal Reserve's survey of terms of business lending. We find that ex-ante...
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Activity and inflation responded slowly to the Federal Reserve’s rate hikes in 2022. Was this because the transmission …
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Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MACROECONOMIC VOLATILITY IN LATIN AMERICA: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- III …
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The paper takes stock of the debate on the positive link between output volatility and the size of government … government size-volatility relationship largely reflects temporary developments (better monetary management and financial …
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