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interest rates, exchange rate growth, and inflation. We then decompose the Swiss long-term interest rate trend into various … decline in the level of inflation. Comparing Switzerland with the rest of the world, we show that while Swiss real interest … connection between inflation risk and the Swiss term spread, as well between relative inflation risk and the difference between …
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Using a new survey of French firms' inflation expectations that predates the inflation spike, we document i) evidence … on the anchoring of inflation expectations during the inflation surge, and ii) the relevance of inflation expectations … for firms' decisions. First, we show that inflation expectations under-responded to the initial surge but then …
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This paper assesses Revolutionary and Napoleonic wartime economic policy. Suspension of gold convertibility in 1797 allowed the Bank of England to nurture British monetary orthodoxy. The Order of the Privy Council suspended gold payments on Bank of England notes and afforded simultaneous...
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This paper empirically compares sticky-price and sticky-information Phillips curves considering inflation dynamics in … six countries (US, UK, Germany, France, Canada, and Japan). We evaluate the models‘ abilities to match empirical second … moments of inflation. Under baseline calibrations, the two models perform similarly in almost all countries. Under estimated …
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We use a detailed micro dataset on product availability to construct a direct high frequency measure of consumer product shortages during the 2020-21 pandemic. We document a widespread multi-fold rise in shortages in nearly all sectors early in the pandemic. Over time, the composition of...
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that central banks may be too aggressive at fighting inflation. Encompassing tests are therefore required to select the …
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Using a new survey of European households, we study how exogenous variation in the macroeconomic uncertainty perceived by households affects their spending decisions. We use randomized information treatments that provide different types of information about the first and/or second moments of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013225751
Using a new survey of European households, we study how exogenous variation in the macroeconomic uncertainty perceived by households affects their spending decisions. We use randomized information treatments that provide different types of information about the first and/or second moments of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013234860
Using a new survey of European households, we study how exogenous variation in the macroeconomic uncertainty perceived by households affects their spending decisions. We use randomized information treatments that provide different types of information about the first and/or second moments of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013236401