The paper investigates the divergence between inflation and monetary expansion in Zimbabwe since late 2003. The … substantial decline in velocity and increasing levels of real money balances during 2004 are at odds with a record of inflation … such as repressed inflation (given administered prices) or measurement errors in the consumer price index. The results of …

Following very high inflation rates at the beginning of the reform process, most transition countries have succeeded in … lowering their inflation to more moderate rates. Inflation rates in the Baltics, Russia, and other countries of the former … Soviet Union are now typically in the range of 10–60 percent. This essay examines whether a further reduction in inflation …

Zimbabwe''s failure to address continuing central bank quasi-fiscal losses has interfered with both monetary management … and the independence and credibility of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ). Realized quasi-fiscal losses are estimated to … securities, they contributed to the four-digit inflation reached in 2006. The remedy for the current situation is clearly to …

Zimbabwe has currently the highest rate of inflation in the world (an annual rate of 1,730 percent in February, 2007 …). The high rates of inflation have contributed to the contraction of the economy, which has declined by about 30 percent … since 1999. This paper examines the stabilization experience of countries that experienced similar rates of inflation (above …

inflation. In this paper, we show that a stable money demand function for Russia can be found for ""effective broad money … persistent effect on short-run inflation …

literature on inflation and money demand in transition economies. The results suggest that, after the one-time effects of the … 1997 crisis are taken into account, the long-run determinants of inflation and money demand remained unchanged. Strong … financial policies since mid—1997 appear to have helped to restore conditions for low inflation and stable money demand …

This paper analyses the dynamics of inflation in Kenya during 1974–96, a period characterized by external shocks and … exchange rate, foreign prices, and terms of trade have long-run effects on inflation, while the money supply and interest rate … only have short-run effects. The dynamics of inflation are also found to be influenced by food supply constraints. Moreover …

This study examines money demand and inflation dynamics in the Islamic Republic of Iran using quarterly data for the … long-run money market equilibrium condition is identified and the short-run behavior of the inflation, measured in terms of …/01-2001/02 buoyed the demand for domestic money and contributed to the decline in inflation. Tests of model stability do not point to a …

foreign factors are important determinants of inflation in Uganda …