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pressures. The possibility to adopt quot;more liberalquot; objectives in the future increases current inflation through an … accommodation effect. Simultaneously, the central bank tries to anchor inflation by promising to be even quot;more conservativequot …; in the future, which may be the relevant case for countries considering the adoption of inflation targeting …
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pressures. The possibility to adopt quot;more liberalquot; objectives in the future increases current inflation through an … accommodation effect. Simultaneously, the central bank tries to anchor inflation by promising to be even quot;more conservativequot …; in the future, which may be the relevant case for countries considering the adoption of inflation targeting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012723474
Low inflation hit the Japanese economy shortly after the burst of the bubble in stocks and real estate in 1991 and has … trade dispute. In the early 1990s, Japan faced sluggish economic growth and low inflation, as well as severe structural … difficult to judge the effectiveness and efficiency of the BOJ's policy tools, as achievement of inflation beyond the 2% price …
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Following the experience of the global financial crisis, central banks have been asked to undertake unprecedented responsibilities. Governments and the public appear to have high expectations that monetary policy can provide solutions to problems that do not necessarily fit in the realm of...
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This paper focuses on the trade–offs that central banks would face if they were to start tackling climate change. Disruptive natural events can hamper growth and capital accumulation, thereby affecting price and financial stability – elements for which central banks are responsible. Yet, the...
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In a large sample of countries across different geographic regions and over a long period of time, we find limited country- and variable-specific effects of central bank transparency on forecast accuracy and their dispersion among a large set of professional forecasts of financial and...
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In this paper, the monetary policy independence of European nations in the years before European Monetary Union (EMU) is investigated using cointegration techniques. Daily data is used to assess pairwise relationships between individual EMU nations and ‘lead' nation Germany, to assess the...
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budget consolidation, interest rate hikes, or lowering the target inflation rate could prevent a crisis. The most effective … and efficient measure is lowering the perceived inflation target by restoring central bank’s independence, thereby … regaining investor confidence. Loans from international partners would also stabilize Turkey’s currency, inflation, and economy …
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This paper investigates the macroeconomic risks associated with undesirably low inflation using a medium-sized New … Keynesian model. We consider different causes of persistently low inflation, including a downward shift in long-run inflation … persistently low inflation depend crucially on its underlying cause, as well as on the extent to which monetary policy is …
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sector inflation expectations. In contrast, opaque central banks limit their stabilization efforts to avoid disturbing … inflation expectations. As a result, they mute their interest rate response and no longer fully offset anticipated demand shocks …
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