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setting causes inflation persistence. We analyse how the endogeneityof the capital stock changes the macroeconomic dynamics …
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In a simple New Keynesian model, we derive a closed form solution for the inflationpersistence parameter as a function of the policy weights in the central bank’s Taylorrule. By estimating the time-varying weights that the FED attaches to inflationand the output gap, we show that the...
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The remarkable stability of low domestic inflation in many countries requires explanation. In this paper, a number of … continuing low inflation, but also its coexistence with rapid growth and low real interest rates. Unfortunately, the analysis …
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Inflation rates in a number of OECD follow a common trend over the past four decades: inflation starts out low in the … in the behavior of trend inflation suggests that any explanation of long run inflation trends ought to apply across OECD …-varying NAIRU, can explain long run trends in U.S. inflation. In this paper we show that this result cannot serve as an explanation …
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and foremost, as a commitment device. In our setting, a monetarytarget helps anchoring inflation and inflation … as a strong response to deviations of inflation from target and to theactivity growth gap. In contrast, the response to …
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We estimate monetary policy rules for six central and eastern European countries (CEEC) bytaking changes in the policy settings explicitly into account. Distinguishing rather fixed andmore flexible exchange rate arrangements we find that for most countries exchange ratesplayed an important role...
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We describe a behavior of a central bank when its measures of current inflation and outputare subject to measurement … rateresponds to the central bank’s estimates of both current inflation and output gap, as advocatedby Taylor (1993)... …
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two-way communication between the central bankand the public affects inflation dynamics. When inflation target is … hence the bank can stabilize inflation. However, when inflation targetis unobservable or less credible, the public updates … their perceived inflation target and theinformation revealed from markets to the bank becomes less perfect. The degree of …
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-term interest rates to the Bank of England’s inflation report andto macroeconomic announcements. Due to the quarterly frequency at …, the more timehas elapsed since the latest release of an inflation report, market volatility shouldincrease, the price …
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New Keynesian models of monetary policy predict no role for monetary aggregates, in the sense that the level of output, prices, and interest rates can be determined without knowledge of the quantity of money. This paper evaluates the empirical validity of this prediction by studying the effects...
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