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stickiness and price dispersion. We demonstrate that calculations of price inflation require conditioning not only on CPU quality …
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stickiness and price dispersion. We demonstrate that calculations of price inflation require conditioning not only on CPU quality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497959
adjustment. As a result, the response of inflation to nominal shocks is both sluggish and hump-shaped. The model can also … qualitatively capture a number of stylized facts about price setting at the micro level and inflation at the macro level …
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" prices) using data on prices and quantities sold for numerous retailers across many US metropolitan areas. Inflation in the … effective prices paid by consumers declines significantly with higher unemployment while little change occurs in the inflation …
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We document basic facts about prices in online markets in the U.S. and Canada, a rapidly growing segment of the retail sector. Relative to prices in regular stores, prices in online markets are more flexible as well as exhibit stronger pass-through (60-75 percent) and faster convergence...
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We study how different forms of communication influence the inflation expectations of individuals in a randomized … controlled trial. We first solicit individuals’ inflation expectations in the Nielsen Homescan panel and then provide eight … different forms of information regarding inflation. Reading the actual Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) statement has about …
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Using a large-scale survey of U.S. households during the Covid-19 pandemic, we study how new information about fiscal and monetary policy responses to the crisis affects households’ expectations. We provide random subsets of participants in the Nielsen Homescan panel with different...
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. They also expect lower future inflation, report higher uncertainty, expect lower mortgage rates for up to 10 years, and …
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Using a large-scale survey of U.S. households during the Covid-19 pandemic, we study how new information about fiscal and monetary policy responses to the crisis affects households' expectations. We provide random subsets of participants in the Nielsen Homescan panel with different combinations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270033
We use a large-scale representative survey of households from October 19-21 that elicits respondents' expectations about the presidential election's outcome as well as their economic expectations to document several new facts. First, people disagree strongly about the likely outcome of the...
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