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There is no consensus over the importance of "global forces" on inflation. This study explores the role of structural breaks in the inflation process, and their timing, whether it is common across countries, and the extent to which "global forces" are relevant. Three conclusions stand out....
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In this paper we investigate dynamics of global inflation and short-run inflation expectations. We estimate a global vector autoregressive (GVAR) model estimated using Bayesian techniques. We then explore the effect of three source of inflationary pressure that could drive up inflation...
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Australia, Canada and the euro area. SMPCs release individual members' recommendations. Their central banks do not. How much … individuals? We find little heterogeneity in preferences among committee members in Australia and Canada but not for the shadow …
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(Australia, Canada, and New Zealand) place somewhat different emphasis on inflation than on other factors (e.g., output gap). We …
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activity for New Zealand. To provide a basis for comparison, data from Australia and the US are also considered. Many studies …, especially of the inflation targeting variety. Both Australia and New Zealand have been targeting inflation for a number of years …-term interest rates well in either Australia or US data. However, when there are large policy "shocks" from abroad, such as the US …
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vanguard of the inflation targeting policy strategy, namely Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, and use the resulting estimates …
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We propose a proxy for trend unemployment derived from the cointegration property between unemployment rates and world oil prices. Evidence from a sample of OECD countries is presented in support of the hypothesis. We argue that our empirical proxy is superior from an economic perspective to at...
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We propose a proxy for trend unemployment derived from the cointegration property between unemployment rates and world oil prices. Evidence from a sample of OECD countries is presented to support the hypothesis. We argue that our empirical proxy is superior from an economic perspective to at...
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