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This study establishes a framework for analyzing the major determinants of inflation in the Islamic Republic of Iran …, and goods. Results strongly support the need for a sustained prudent monetary policy in order to reduce inflation and … inflation that, in turn, intensifies asset substitution (from money to foreign exchange), thereby weakening real demand for …
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fit for the Fisher relationship between interest rates and inflation, at least for U.S. data. The paper assesses the …
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This paper investigates the response of consumer price inflation to changes in domestic fuel prices, looking at the … findings stand out. First, the response of inflation to gasoline price shocks is smaller, but more persistent and broad … retail fuel prices to estimate the pass-through to inflation significantly underestimate it. Third, while the purchasing …
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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 …
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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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Based on VAR analyses across 26 countries, we show that, although foreign exchange intervention (FXI) is effective in stabilizing the nominal exchange rate in the short run, its impacts on the real exchange rate are less significant: Limitations on nominal exchange rate flexibility may induce...
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aftermath of the global financial crisis as CCA countries have entered a relatively low inflation environment. The pass …-through estimates could be used by the CCA monetary authorities for inflation projections. The absence of non-linearities in the pass …
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that this may have contributed to more elastic aggregate supply in recent years, which is consistent with lower inflation …
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We estimate the dynamic effects of changes in retail energy prices on inflation using a novel monthly database …, covering 110 countries over 2000:M1 to 2016:M6. We find that (i) inflation responds positively to retail energy price shocks … response of inflation to these shocks owing to differences in factors related to labor market flexibility, energy intensity …
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