In a previous study of US city inflation, I emphasized the temporal regularities of urban price inflation. But, despite … these identified regularities, it is apparent that the process of inflation is rarely so regular and so systematic …. Unanticipated shocks in three components, energy food, and housing, dominate the post-1950 record of US inflation. Analysis of …

This study addresses the potential trade-off between inflation and exchange rate targeting in former transition … (EMU). Among this group of countries, some implemented inflation targeting regimes. These countries may face increasing …). Against this background, the study analyzes the choice of inflation targets using panel data techniques (Chapter 2), the (de …

of an intertemporal loss function containing a central bank’s final targets output and inflation. We explicitly model the …

Established in 1988, the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence recognises organisations in the USA, Mexico and Canada …

effect). This study has practical implications for regulators, corporations and investors, both in the USA and abroad. …

to inflation targeting as their monetary policy. This paper serves as a survey of the experiences of emerging countries … in adoption to inflation targeting. In view of the recent successful experience of some emerging economies, the paper … focuses on inflation targeting as a choice of policy regime for Pakistan. The discussion and analysis in this paper suggests …

could lead to a sustainable economic growth. Inflation targeting has become one of these policy alternatives and has …-condition for the success of inflation-targeting is to identify the leading indicators of inflation and develop a model to … reasonably forecast inflation. This is the main objective of this paper. Besides an overview of the experience, the main focus of …

Replaced with revised version of paper 11/17/06. Former title: Forecasting Food Price Inflation, Challenges for Central … Banks in Developing Countries using an Inflation Targeting Framework: the Case of Colombia …Many developing countries are adopting inflation targeting regimes to guide monetary policy decisions. In such …

recently in the adoption of an inflation targeting approach through the institutional mechanism of CBI (Central Bank … Independence). Cross-country empirics have repeatedly confirmed the stylized fact that high CBI delivers low inflation. This study … covers new ground by using time-series techniques to test the nexus between CBI and inflation using Australian quarterly time …