Inflation in advanced economies is low by historical standards but there is no threat of deflation. Slower economic … growth is caused by supply-side constraints rather than low inflation. Below-the-target inflation does not damage the … reputation of central banks. Thus, central banks should not try to bring inflation back to the targeted level of 2%. Rather, they …

Inflation in advanced economies is low by historical standards but there is no threat of deflation. Slower economic … growth is caused by supply-side constraints rather than low inflation. Below-the-target inflation does not damage the … reputation of central banks. Thus, central banks should not try to bring inflation back to the targeted level of 2%. Rather, they …

This paper analyses the relation between US inflation and unemployment from the perspective of quot;frictional growth … policy has not only persistent, but permanent real effects, giving rise to a long-run inflation-unemployment tradeoff. We … the US unemployment and inflation trajectories during the nineties …

Following very high inflation rates at the beginning of the reform process, most transition countries have succeeded in … lowering their inflation to more moderate rates. Inflation rates in the Baltics, Russia, and other countries of the former … Soviet Union are now typically in the range of 10-60 percent. This essay examines whether a further reduction in inflation …

Following very high inflation rates at the beginning of the reform process, most transition countries have succeeded in … lowering their inflation to more moderate rates. Inflation rates in the Baltics, Russia, and other countries of the former … Soviet Union are now typically in the range of 10-60 percent. This essay examines whether a further reduction in inflation …

Inflation is one of the most challenging macroeconomic objectives capable of frustrating every pragmatic effort at … achieving other macroeconomics goals if not curtailed. To this end, the paper empirically examines the threshold inflation rate … a least square multivariate approach to estimate a threshold level of inflation. Further, error correction modeling (ECM …

framework we examine the twelve potential intertemporal relationships between inflation, growth and their respective … uncertainties using US data. We find that high inflation is detrimental to output growth both directly and indirectly via the … nominal uncertainty. Output growth boosts inflation but mainly indirectly through a reduction in real uncertainty. Our …