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and non-durables after a monetary policy shock, which is at odds with the empirical evidence. This paper proposes a new … contrast to the standard model where the aggregate hours remain relatively unchanged after the contractionary policy shock …
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This paper proposes a measure of real-time inflation expectations based on metadata, i.e., data about data, constructed … from internet search queries performed on the search engine Google. The forecasting performance of the Google Inflation … Search Index (GISI) is assessed relative to 37 other indicators of inflation expectations – 36 survey measures and the TIPS …
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This paper investigates the quantitative importance of various types of frictions for inflation and nominal interest …
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in inflation implies a high real marginal cost and low share prices in a sticky-price economy. We find that if the New … Keynesian Phillips curve has a lagged inflation term caused by price indexation, this effect is weakened. Moreover, equilibrium …
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This paper investigates the possibility of conducting an unconventional monetary policy of Quantitative easing (QE) at high interest rates using the example and experience of Russia. The Central Bank of the Russian Federation has raised the key interest rate on six occasions during the 12 months...
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The dynamic general equilibrium model with hiring costs presented in this paper delivers involuntary unemployment in the steady state and involuntary fluctuations in unemploy- ment. After calibrating the model, through simulations we are able to show that our model with labour market...
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The paper shows the advantages and handicaps of implementing an inflation target (IT) regime, from a Post-Keynesian and …
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dataset of political elites’ inflation statements and measure each statements’ information precision. I then test whether or … information precision, through its attenuating effects on inflation expectations, lowers inflation. Furthermore, I find that this …
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This article focuses on inflation targeting (hereafter IT) as a superior monetary policy strategy for attaining price … inflation targeting and also examines the IT experiences of some industrial and emerging markets. The growing body of empirical …
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Can the South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) substantially control inflation within their set target of 3-6 percent? We … aggregated inflation data collected between 2003 and 2014. To this end, we employ the three-regime threshold autoregressive (TAR … for varying persistency within the autoregressive (AR) components of the inflation process. Our empirical explorations …
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