Bierens, H.J. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1996
constructed nonparametrically on the basis of partial sums.We apply this approach to the federal funds rate and the CPI inflation … the inflation rate is positively related to the nonlinear trend in the interest rate.This positive relation between … interest and inflation is known in the literature as the price puzzle. Thus, our result suggests that the price puzzle is due …