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In this paper, we argue that inflation targeting could be the future of Tunisia's monetary policy. Monetary targeting … reserves, current account deficit, and inflation differentials with main trading partners. The Central Bank of Tunisia has … already made important progress toward inflation targeting. The paper evidences the existence of increasingly effective …
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Determining the magnitude and speed of the exchange rate passthrough (ERPT) to inflation has been of paramount …-makers should continue to pursue low and stable inflation and develop a strong track record of prudent macroeconomic policies for …
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Does the South African rand's relatively large volatility affect inflation? To shed some light on this question, a … standard estimation technique of exchange rate pass-through to inflation is extended to incorporate exchange rate volatility …. Estimated results suggest that higher exchange rate volatility tends to increase core inflation but to a relatively limited …
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In the last two years the real has undergone a large depreciation and the central bank has missed its inflation target … in 2002 for the second year in a row. Inflation, however, has increased much less than the rate of currency depreciation … and the pickup in inflation in the last quarter of 2002 raises the question of whether the exchange rate passthrough has …
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. There is strong evidence of a positive and significant association between the pass-through and the average inflation rate … across countries and periods. The inflation rate, moreover, dominates other macroeconomic variables in explaining cross …
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autoregression (VAR) models. Using a data set covering the period 1990-2005, we find that the exchange rate pass-through to inflation … should remain vigilant in assessing the potential impact of foreign prices on the dynamics of inflation in Tanzania. In this … regard, the authorities should seek to maintain low and stable inflation and continue the ongoing structural reforms designed …
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We examine the stability and strength of the relationship between exchange rates and trade over time using three alternative approaches, mitigating the endogeneity of the relation. We find that both exchange rate pass-through and the price elasticity of trade volumes are largely stable over...
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We test the existence of the balance sheet channel of monetary policy in a middle-income country. Firm-level data scarcity and quality, in such a context, make the identification of this channel a steep challenge. To circumvent this challenge, we use panel instrumental variables estimation with...
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This paper explicitly takes into account the dynamic oligopolistic rivalry among source producers to evaluate the degree of exchange rate pass-through. Using recent time-series techniques for the case of imported automobiles in Switzerland, the results show that prices are strategic complements...
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, accounting for a sizable fraction of inflation; (ii) the pass-through from the exchange rate against the U.S. dollar is larger …
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