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Monetary Policy and Performance in the U.S., Japan and Europe, 1973-86
Fischer, Stanley - 1987
Monetary policies in the U.S., Japan, Germany and the United Kingdom over the period 1973-1986 are compared and … Bundesbank and the Bank of Japan each focus on one money target, described by the Bundesbank as a target, and by the Bank of … Japan as a projection. None of the countries has stuck rigorously to the targets, though the Bank of Japan has come close …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012476592
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Monetary policy in Europe vs the US : what explains the difference?
Uhlig, Harald - 2009
This paper compares monetary policy in the US and EMU during the last decade, employing an estimated hybrid New Keynesian cash-in-advance model, driven by five shocks. It appears that the difference between the two monetary policies between 1998 and 2006 is due to both surprises in productivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463653
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Shocks, Structures or Monetary Policies? The Euro Area and US After 2001
Christiano, Lawrence - 2007
The US Federal Reserve cut interest rates more vigorously in the recent recession than the European Central Bank did. By comparison with the Fed, the ECB followed a more measured course of action. We use an estimated dynamic general equilibrium model with financial frictions to show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465125
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Breaks in the Phillips Curve : Evidence from Panel Data
Smith, Simon C.; Timmermann, Allan; Wright, Jonathan H. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We revisit time-variation in the Phillips curve, applying new Bayesian panel methods with breakpoints to US and European Union disaggregate data. Our approach allows us to accurately estimate both the number and timing of breaks in the Phillips curve. It further allows us to determine the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014250170
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The Fiscal Consequences of Missing an Inflation Target
Andreolli, Michele; Rey, Hélène - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
The European Central Bank is unique in setting monetary policy for several sovereign states with heterogeneous debt levels and different maturity structures. The monetary-fiscal nexus is central to the functioning of the euro area. We focus on one particular aspect of that nexus, the effect the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013537713
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Quantitative Tightening Around the Globe : What Have We Learned?
Du, Wenxin; Forbes, Kristin; Luzzetti, Matthew N. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
This paper uses the recent cross-country experience with quantitative tightening (QT) to assess the impact of shrinking central bank balance sheets. We analyze the experience in seven advanced economies (Australia, Canada, Euro area, New Zealand, Sweden, UK and US)--documenting different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014528361
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Non-Monetary News in Central Bank Communication
Cieslak, Anna - 2018
We quantify the importance of non-monetary news in central bank communication. Using evidence from four major central banks and a comprehensive classification of events, we decompose news conveyed by central banks into news about monetary policy, economic growth, and separately, shocks to risk...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480685
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What Hurts Most? G-3 Exchange Rate or Interest Rate Volatility
Reinhart, Carmen M. - 2001
With many emerging market currencies tied to the U.S. dollar either implicitly or explicitly, movements in the exchange values of the currencies of major countries have the potential to influence the competitive position of many developing countries. According to some analysts, establishing...
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International Inflation Spillovers Through Input Linkages
Auer, Raphael A. - 2017
We document that observed international input-output linkages contribute substantially to synchronizing producer price inflation (PPI) across countries. Using a multi-country, industry-level dataset that combines information on PPI and exchange rates with international and domestic input-output...
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Alternative Monetary Policy Rules : A Comparison with Historical Settings for the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan
McCallum, Bennett T. - 2000
instrument and target variables. The time spans examined are 1962-1998 for the U.S. and U.K., and 1972-1998 for Japan. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471025