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capitalism arise because of large external shocks. The combination of these shocks and the slow adjustments of wages and prices … richer macroeconomic dynamic that provides for a better understanding of fluctuations in output and inflation. De Grauwe …
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capitalism arise because of large external shocks. The combination of these shocks and the slow adjustments of wages and prices … richer macroeconomic dynamic that provides for a better understanding of fluctuations in output and inflation. De Grauwe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010681711
The unemployment rate provides an important gauge of spare capacity in the labour market and the economy more generally. However, other factors also affect unemployment, which complicates its interpretation when informing monetary policy. Statistical methods can be used to estimate the extent to...
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the special case in which prices are sticky and wages are perfectly flexible. When the model is calibrated to exhibit an …We demonstrate the existence of a monetary policy tradeoff between price-inflation variability and output … empirically reasonable degree of nominal wage inertia, strict inflation targeting induces substantial output-gap volatility. …
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long-run relationship between inflation and the markup is present across the sectors as well as in the aggregate. A … preliminary explanation based on indutry structure is explored for the relative sizes of the impact of inflation on the markup in …
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exercised a counter-inflationary leadership role in the 1980s. Evidence is provided that expectations of German inflation may be … thought of as having impacted more strongly on expectations of inflation in other EMS countries in the EMS period than on non …-EMS countries (the UK) and in earlier periods. Co-integration tests show inflation rates in partner EMS member countries to be …
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values of commodity baskets and a mason�s daily wage: 1331-1570 (no. of days� wages to buy one cloth); (8) Prices of … composite price index; and the no. of days� wages for a master mason to buy one Mechelen broadcloth, 1351-1520; (11) Prices of … mason's daily wages; (12) Purchase prices of Ghent woollens: by rank order of values, 1360-69: in pounds groot Flemish …
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This paper reports on research into the negative relationship between inflation and the markup. It is argued that this … relationship can be thought of as ‘long-run’ in nature which suggests that inflation has a persistent effect on the markup and …, therefore, the real wage. A ‘rule of thumb’ from the estimates indicate that a 10 percentage point increase in inflation (as …
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This Occasional Paper provides an overview of the main challenges facing Hong Kong SAR as it continues to become more closely integrated with the mainland of China. Section I provides an overview of recent macroeconomic developments and the main policy issues in Hong Kong SAR. Section II...
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Prices in Russia have been decontrolled in several steps since early 1991, after decades of near-fixity. Their behavior … before and after the January 1992 price liberalization is analyzed here, as are the associated movements of wages and overall …
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