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interpreted, first and foremost, as a commitment device. In our setting, a monetary target helps anchoring inflation and inflation … well as a strong response to deviations of inflation from target and to the activity growth gap. In contrast, the response …
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interpreted, first and foremost, as a commitment device. In our setting, a monetary target helps anchoring inflation and inflation … well as a strong response to deviations of inflation from target and to the activity growth gap. In contrast, the response …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011605066
deflation, coupled with strong output growth. Our study establishes a stable money demand system for broad money M2. Inflation … affects the adjustment of the system towards equilibrium, and shocks to broad money are found to lead to higher inflation in …
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A low-inflation mystery emerged during the 2010-2019 period as the Federal Reserve struggled to hit its two percent … inflation target. This paper presents theoretical results and empirical evidence that points to the safe asset shortage as a key … reason for the low inflation during this time. Specifically, the paper shows that the safe asset shortage was part of a …
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The author attempts to reconstruct the money demand theory in the context of “debt demand,” by discussing the money demand of households and the debt demand of enterprises separately. This paper outputs the money demand function of the household sector and the debt demand function of the...
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Bitcoin has enabled competition between digital cryptocurrencies and traditional legal tender fiat currencies. Despite rapidly increasing acceptance, so far the affirmation of cryptocurrency as better money has been thwarted by dramatic deflationary price instability. Successful at disposing of...
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inflation tax Laffer curve before abandoning the currency. Estimates of the seignorage-maximizing rate derive from a short … percent, generally exceeding monthly inflation …
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Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) operated on the correct side of the inflation tax Laffer curve. Estimated seignorage maximizing … prices for the Old Mutual insurance company's shares, which trade in London and Harare, serve as the measure of inflation … 242 to 315 percent and exceeded all monthly inflation rates …
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In responding to the extremely weak global economy after the financial crisis in 2008, many industrial nations have been considering or have already implemented negative nominal interest rate policy. This situation raises two important questions for monetary theories: (i) Given the widely held...
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