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This article attempts to answer a few open questions related to price convergence in the Czech Republic and in other Central and Eastern European Countries toward prices in the European Union. The authors address the following issues: First, what, from the theoretical viewpoint, should the...
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This paper begins with a description of simple select models of inflation and their ability to fit the data. The paper … assign the best-forecast performance to the modified version of the P-star model of inflation for a small, open economy. …
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During 1930s and 1940s Josef Macek developed monetary theory leading to monetary policy recommendations which are deeply influenced by macroeconomic theory of John Maynard Keynes. Macek became leading Czech left-wing keynesian. His theory of money was nominalist and similarly to J. M. Keynes and...
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currency. The assessment of the inflation criterion concentrates on the potential clash with so called real convergence showing … applying for the ERM-II membership. Finally, the pros and cons of inflation targeting are discussed from the perspective of … promoting the fulfilment of Maastricht requirements. Attention is paid to the issue of optimal exit form inflation targeting …
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currency. The assessment of the inflation criterion concentrates on the potential clash with so called real convergence showing … applying for the ERM-II membership. Finally, the pros and cons of inflation targeting are discussed from the perspective of … promoting the fulfilment of Maastricht requirements. Attention is paid to the issue of optimal exit form inflation targeting …
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There are three possible price movements in a market economy: stability, inflation, and deflation. Inflation and … deflation are defined in this article as changes in the purchasing power of money caused by the money creation. Inflation and …
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inflation targeting. First, new consensus with its roots in Wicksell´s approach is briefly introduced. In the next parts … differences are found (goals of monetary policy, interest rate functions, nature of inflation, shape of Phillips curve and others …
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The article summarizes the main points discussed at the seminar on Monetary Policy during Very Low Inflation, held by … research into low inflation and its implication for the Czech economy. The presentation was largely based on material available …
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With the accession of 10 new European Union member states in May 2004, much attention is being placed on the governance of European Community institutions. This article focuses specifically on discussions of European Central Bank (ECB) governance, particularly as regards the ECB?s amendment of...
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The article is concerned with analysis of independence of central banks of the EU Member States within the framework of the ESCB, as well as independence and responsibility of the ECB, and suggests an alternative institutional embodiment of its position, reflecting the specific framework of the...
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