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We discuss properties of alternatives or complements to GDP as a measure of welfare at business cycle frequencies. We argue that these figures are not useful to measure the welfare costs of business cycles. First, data is not available at an appropriate quality and frequency. Second, since the...
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methods commonly used have only limited information content for inflation forecasting in the Euro-zone. Conclusions for …
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methods commonly used have only limited information content for inflation forecasting in the euro-zone. Conclusions for …
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aggregate inflation and the higher-order moments of the distribution of relative price changes. Our empirical findings confirm … explanatory variable for the inflation rate. Further, the skewness measure also helps to explain shifts in the Phillips curve …
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output and inflation across a population of firms is studied. The only form of heterogeneity is confined to the probability … of output and inflation depend crucially on the proportion of firms that are allowed to change their prices. We test this …-cyclical correlation between the skewness of inflation and aggregates, but the relation with output is less sure. Our results can be …
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