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a freely floating exchange rate, an explicit target for inflation, and a mechanism than ensures a stable government debt … domestic and CPI inflation targeting interest rate rules alongside a 'Structural Surplus Fiscal Rule' as followed recently in … Chile. A comparison with a fixed exchange rate regime is made. We find that domestic inflation targeting is superior to …
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Using an adaptation of the Uncovered Interest Parity (UIP) condition, this paper analyzes the drivers behind the large, symmetric exchange rate swings observed during the financial crisis of 2008-2010. Employing a Nelson-Siegel model, we estimate yield curves and decompose the exchange rate...
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After a long period of global price stability, in 2008 inflation increased sharply following unprecedented increases in … the price of oil and other commodities, notably food. Although inflation remained lower and growth higher in inflation … world slowdown helped avert the worse, but inflation stayed high in many inflation targeting countries. This paper uses a …
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inflation combined with a free float seems to be the ultimate option. The paper shows how to design and operationalize such a …
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