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A common argument for pegging the exchange rate is that it enforces discipline on domestic monetary policy, thus stabilizing inflation expectations. This paper argues that this reasoning does not necessarily apply to East Asia, as the nominal exchange rate pegging policies of these economies are...
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relative prices in microeconomic data. Error correction model estimates indicate that a different mix of shocks drives …, we find that micro relative prices exhibit every bit as much persistence as aggregate real exchange rates. These results … challenge theories of real exchange rate persistence based on sticky prices and heterogeneity across goods. © 2013 The President …
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This paper documents significant time-variation in the degree of global price convergence over the last two decades. In particular, there appears to be a general U-shaped pattern with price dispersion first falling and then rising in recent years, a pattern which is remarkably robust across...
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This Economic Letter reports on recent research that analyzes trends in global prices over the past decade and a half … be the hike in oil prices in recent years, which has raised transportation costs. …
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.S. dollar and the British pound on announcement days, while commodity prices generally declined despite this more stimulative … triggering a decline in commodity prices. Moreover, our analysis illustrates the importance of controlling for market … expectations when assessing these effects. We find that positive U.S. monetary surprises led to declines in commodity prices, even …
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Long-run cross-country price data exhibit a puzzle. Today, richer countries exhibit higher price levels than poorer countries, a stylized fact usually attributed to the “Balassa-Samuelson” effect. But looking back fifty years, or more, this effect virtually disappears from the data. What is...
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