copper price boom, the higher copper price and associated capital inflows create upward pressure on the real exchange rate …. The appreciation of the Chilean peso during the first part of the copper cycle contributes to lower inflation, which could …

We study the cyclical properties of sales, regular price changes and average prices paid by consumers (""effective …. Both the frequency and size of sales fall when local unemployment rates rise and yet the inflation rate for effective …

implications of 122 recessions, 112 (28) credit contraction (crunch) episodes, 114 (28) episodes of house price declines (busts …), 234 (58) episodes of equity price declines (busts) and their various overlaps in these countries over the sample period … and house price busts tend to be deeper and longer than other recessions. JEL Classification Numbers: E32; E44; E51; F42 …

Motivated by stylized facts pointing to a dominant role of imported inputs in transmitting external price shocks to … approach constructs effective input price indices from sector-level price data combined with sector-level information on input …

. Using a new database for 21 countries, the effect of relative price variability on inflation is estimated within a framework … controlling for nominal and real shocks. Money and wage growth were the most important determinants of inflation; relative price …In light of the persistence of moderate inflation in many transition economies, this paper analyzes whether inflation …