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by the announcement of inflation targeting in 1991 when estimating the effects of monetary policy. For instance, we find …
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We develop an experimental framework to investigate the quantity theory of money and the real effects of inflation in … an economy where money serves as a medium of exchange. We test the classical view that inflation reduces output and … welfare by taxing monetary exchange. Inflation is engineered by constant money growth. We conduct three treatments, where the …
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interaction affects the allocation and welfare. Regarding how banking affects the welfare costs of inflation: First, we find that …, with banking, inflation generates smaller welfare costs. Second, we show that, lowering inflation improves welfare not just … nature of intermediation cost is critical for accurately assessing the welfare gain of lowering the inflation target …
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the average anticipated path of policy responses to inflation is subject to a lower bound of unity. This result helps … explain how bond rates may exhibit stable responses to inflation, even in periods of passive policy. Another possible … explanation is time-varying term premiums with risk pricing that depends on inflation. The authors present a no-arbitrage model of …
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of historical changes in the design of U.S. monetary policy and in the implied central-bank target for inflation …. Empirical results support a description of policy with an effective inflation target of roughly 7 percent in the 1970s. Moreover … Inflation while favouring a passive-policy description of monetary policy. FOMC transcripts provide a neglected interpretation …
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inflation and output dynamics in the United States. In particular, I find that real money balance effects are quantitatively …
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We examine the relative ability of simple inflation targeting (IT) and price level targeting (PLT) monetary policy … rules to minimize both inflation variability and business cycle fluctuations in Canada for shocks that have important … persistent cost-push pressures in the economy leading to a significant deterioration in the inflation - output gap trade …
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positive if the central bank adopts closed-loop strategies that raise the real interest rate when inflation is above target … owing to fiscal deviations. More aggressive defence of the inflation target implies lower debt and higher welfare. Simple …
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We examine the extent to which vertical and horizontal market structure can together explain incomplete retail pass-through. To answer this question, we use scanner data from a large U.S. retailer to estimate product level pass-through for three different vertical structures: national brands,...
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output and inflation, as observed in a vectorautoregression analysis. In contrast to backward indexation to past inflation …, which is often assumed in the literature, sticky information leads to a hump-shaped response in the inflation of flexibly …
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