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Monetary policy influences inflation dynamics by exerting impact on a diverse array of commodity prices. At high … frequencies, we show that a 10 basis points increase in US monetary policy rate reduces commodity prices between 0.5% and 2 …-36 months). The results indicate that the response of commodity prices-oil, base metals, and food prices-to monetary policy …
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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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decomposing U.S. interest rates changes into two orthogonal shocks: the pure monetary policy shock and the information news shock … shocks. Moreover, high oil prices mitigate both spillovers for oil exporters while global risk appetite amplifies both … countries, with oil exporters with stronger fundamentals withstanding well the shock and oil importers with weaker fundamentals …
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We study the effects and historical contribution of monetary policy shocks to consumption and income inequality in the United States since 1980. Contractionary monetary policy actions systematically increase inequality in labor earnings, total income, consumption and total expenditures....
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Intro -- Contents -- I. MOTIVATION AND RELATED STUDIES -- II. OUTPUT DROPS -- III. SHOCKS -- IV. MULTIVARIATE PROBIT …-PRESCOTT-FILTER BASED DEFINITION OF EVENTS -- APPENDIX II. KERNEL DENSITY PLOTS: OUTPUT DROPS AND 1970 PER CAPITA GDP -- APPENDIX III. DATA …
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-correlations in output, labor, consumption, and investment consistent with the postwar US economy; and (ii) generates variation in … equity prices, bond prices, and a large risk premium in line with the asset pricing data. Six novel insights emerge from the …
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This paper surveys the evidence on the effectiveness of monetary transmission in low-income countries. It is hard to come away from this review with much confidence in the strength of monetary transmission in such countries. We distinguish between the ""facts on the ground"" and ""methodological...
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Do changes in monetary policy affect inflation and output in the East African Community (EAC)? We find that (i …
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The effectiveness of the monetary policy transmission mechanism in open economies could be impaired if interest rates are driven primarily by global factors, especially during periods of large capital inflows. The main objective of this paper is to assess whether this is true for emerging Asia's...
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