, however, is the incompleteness of its reform process: the boom-bust nature of its growth, persistently high inflation, delays …, to reduce inflation to single digits by the end of 2002. Since then, though, Turkey has experienced two financial crises … and redesigned its stabilization program to bring inflation down more gradually. This collection analyzes the nature of …

This paper presents new non-linear regression estimates of the relationship between inflation and economic growth for … inflation is associated with moderate gains in GDP growth up to a roughly 15 – 18 percent inflation threshold. However, the … at all with either the inflation coefficient or our estimated turning point. With the middle income countries, we return …

This paper examines the question of whether inflation targeting monetary policy is an appropriate framework for sub …-Saharan African countries. The paper presents an overview of inflation targeting, reviews the justification for the regime, and … summarizes some major critiques. Monetary policy responses to inflation depend on the source of inflationary pressures. Therefore …

Inflation targeting is a forward-looking framework for monetary policy that has brought unprecedented transparency to …) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has, since the introduction of inflation targeting, successfully communicated to the public its …

sector inflation expectations has become an essential channel through which this goal is achieved. This evaluation aims to … improve the understanding of how the sensitivity of private sector inflation expectations to macroeconomic surprises in South … anchoring inflation expectations. If a central bank is credible, the financial markets should react less sensitively to …

The inflation expectations channel of the transmission mechanism is generally recognised as crucial for the … implementation of modern monetary policy. This paper briefly reviews the practices commonly employed for measuring inflation … forward rates (called inflation compensation) on a particular day is then used as a proxy for the market's inflation …