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This paper proposes that central bank independence alone is insufficient to explain low inflation. It argues instead … that central bank independence may be interconnected with public attitudes towards inflation via a historical feedback … process that has led to an anti-inflation culture and public consensus on monetary stability in countries with low inflation …
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important mainstream macroeconomic explanation of differences in inflation rates between countries, here coined the ?orthodox … independent central banks as causes for low inflation might be considered quite strong, it is argued in this paper that the … sensitivity indicator for the inflation awareness in these countries is obtained. It can be shown that these sensitivity …
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attitude towards a specific monetary policy institution, the Policy Target Agreement (PTA). The PTA contains the inflation …
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attitude towards a specific monetary policy institution, the Policy Target Agreement (PTA). The PTA contains the inflation …
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attitude towards a specific monetary policy institution, the Policy Target Agreement (PTA). The PTA contains the inflation …
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attitude towards a specific monetary policy institution, the Policy Target Agreement (PTA). The PTA contains the inflation …
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attitude towards a specific monetary policy institution, the Policy Target Agreement (PTA). The PTA contains the inflation …
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Using an event-study design, we investigate monetary policy interest-rate-to-performance sensitivity of the European banking sector over the 07/2012-06/2017 period when interest rates were (close to) zero. We apply the Wordscores approach to introductory statements of ECB's Governing Council...
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We explain changes in the Canadian target rate using macroeconomic variables and Bank of Canada (BOC) communication indicators. Econometrically, we employ an ordered probit model of a Taylor rule to predict 60 target rate decisions between 1998 and 2006. We find that BOC communication is...
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We explain changes in the federal funds target rate using macroeconomic variables and Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) communication indicators. Econometrically, we employ an ordered probit model of a Taylor rule to predict 75 target rate decisions between 1998 and 2006. We find, first, that...
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