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model embodies the key principle that, in an inflation-targeting framework, the role of monetary policy is to provide an … anchor for inflation and inflation expectations. The development and calibration of this model is an ongoing process. …
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Much of the information communicated by central banks is noisy or imperfect. This paper considers the potential benefits and limitations of central bank communications in a model of imperfect knowledge and learning. It is shown that the value of communicating imperfect information is ambiguous....
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This paper explores the sources of inflation in Sub-Saharan Africa by examining the relationship between inflation, the … inflation, albeit with a larger role played by the money gap. There is no significant evidence of asymmetry in the relationship. …
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inflation and posed a price puzzle insofar their evolution was not responsive to record low interest rates, double digit … commodities inflation, and sharp exchange rate depreciation. Commodities prices were shown to be driven by one common trend … accelerating commodities price inflation, subsequent world recession, and financial disorder; or tighten monetary policy with …
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This paper revisits the usefulness of econometric monetary analysis in low-income countries in a case study on Rwanda, an interesting case given its floating exchange rate and reliance on indirect monetary policy instruments on the one hand, and its somewhat typical data and institutional...
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inflation when there is no perceived commitment to reduce the fiscal deficit. The model is based on a modified version of the … current consumption leads to an equal increase in inflation. The timing of this increase varies with the size of the deficit … inflation. Three policy conclusions are offered. …
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toward an increase in expected inflation falls as debts increase beyond a certain threshold level. A debt …-constrained interest rate rule and the threshold level of debt are jointly estimated for Canada during the first decade of its inflation … loose than what inflation indicators called for. …
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This paper discusses the challenging question of whether central banks should use treasury bills or central bank bills for draining excess liquidity in the banking system. While recognizing that there are practical reasons for using central bank bills, the paper argues that treasury bills are...
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.S.data on real output, inflation, nominal interest rates, measures of inverse money velocity, and a large panel of informational …
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In the past decades, much work has been geared toward solving the problem of time inconsistency in monetary policy and analyzing the coordination problem between fiscal and monetary policy. This paper provides a review of the theoretical background to these theories, while also focusing on their...
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