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Although central banks have recently taken unconventional policy actions to try to shore up macroeconomic and financial stability, little theory is available to assess the consequences of such measures. This paper offers a theoretical model with which such policies can be analyzed. In...
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Financial instruments are subject to inflation taxes on the wealth they represent and on the nominal income flows they … production and shows that the value of the firm in this case is equal to the firm’s capital stock divided by inflation. The … resulting asset-pricing conditions indicate that the effect of inflation on asset returns differs from the effects found in …
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money in forecasting euro-area inflation. We compare the predictive performance within and among various classes of … contains relevant information for inflation in some model classes. Money-based New Keynesian DSGE models and VARs incorporating …
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This paper develops a small model of the output-inflation process in the United States in order to examine the … interest rates respond contemporaneously to output and inflation and a forward-looking policy rule that exploits information … model of inflation where positive deviations of aggregate demand from potential are more inflationary than negative …
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This paper examines the impact of central bank communication on market expectations of monetary policy and long-term interest rates by comparing Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) action dates when a policy statement was made to dates before statements were issued. Increased communication has...
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inflation in the context of a managed exchange rate regime. Over the past two years, the central bank has taken steps to enhance …
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It is shown how the frequency of central bank intervention in financial markets can affect the incentives for economic agents to acquire information, which will be reflected in market prices and thus become available to policy makers. The optimal frequency of intervention, and therefore the...
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As developing countries and economies in transition have relied on deregulated, competitive markets to spur growth, their central banks have shifted toward using open market operations as a tool of monetary policy. To be most effective, such operations require supportive changes in other policy...
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