both time series and panel unit root tests in order to analyze the stationarity properties of deviation of inflation from …The popularity of inflation targeting has risen in the last decade and the number of countries that adopted inflation … targeting as their monetary policy framework surpassed 40 by the end of 2016. This study analyzes whether inflation targeting …

We study the dynamics of inflation persistence in 45 countries for the period 1960-2008. We use a nonparametric unit … inflation data, and a test for multiple changes in persistence, which decomposes the sample information between adjacent I(0 …) and I(1) periods. We find that (1) With very few exceptions, inflation around the world rejects a unit root, (2) for …

assume homogeneity in the monetary policy-inflation nexus, with dire consequences for optimal monetary policy and welfare …. Using wavelet-based quantile regressions, we provide a multi-layered asymmetric exposition on provincial inflation … quantiles. Our findings present enormous policy and welfare implications, given the inflation targeting status of South Africa …