Inflation-targeting central banks have a respectable track record at explaining their policy actions and corresponding … inflation outturns. Using a simple forward-looking policy rule and an assessment of inflation reports, we provide a new … methodology for the empirical evaluation of consistency in central bank communication. We find that the three communication tools-inflation …

Monetary policymakers in advanced transition economies such as Poland are increasingly interested in how inflation … responds to changes in policy instruments and other economic forces. In this paper, measures of underlying CPI inflation based … economic variables is then studied via Granger causality tests and impulse responses and a multivariate model of CPI inflation …

currency by keeping inflation low and steady. This paper provides evidence that monetary policy tightening aimed at maintaining … low and stable inflation could at the same time reduce consumption inequality over a 12-18 month horizon, commonly … benefit mainly from lower inflation. By contrast, the real consumption of individuals at higher ends of the consumption …

Inflation rates rose sharply in the Philippines during 2018. Understanding the demand and supply sources of inflation … pressures is key to monetary policy response. Qualitatively, indicators have pointed to evidence of inflation pressures from …-structural model to decompose the contributions of various shocks to inflation. Our main findings are (1) supply factors (mainly global …

We study the inflation process in India, focusing on the periods before and after the adoption of flexible inflation … core inflation, an examination of the sensitivity of medium-term inflation expectations to inflation surprises, and the … properties of convergence between headline and core inflation. Results indicate an important role for domestic factors in driving …

In models with complete markets, targeting core inflation enables monetary policy to maximize welfare by replicating …-maximizing central bank should adopt flexible headline inflation targeting a target for headline CPI inflation with some weight on the …

Money has only limited information value for future inflation in Ghana over a typical monetary policy implementation …) are shown to be important predictors of future price changes. Inflation inertia is high and inflation expectations are … largely based on backward-looking information, suggesting that inflation expectations are not well anchored and hence more is …

inflation combined with a free float seems to be the ultimate option. The paper shows how to design and operationalize such a …

When faced with a relative price shock, monetary authorities often aim to contain its second round effects on inflation … while accepting first round effects. We analyze the experience of South Africa and other inflation targeters to explore … whether and when this policy prescription implies changing the monetary policy stance. Inflation targeting central banks …

We offer a novel methodology for assessing the quality of inflation reports. In contrast to the existing literature …, which mostly evaluates the formal quality of these reports, we evaluate their economic content by comparing inflation … coding of inflation reports to describe inflation factors communicated by central banks in real time. Regarding the latter …