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The Polish economy has rebounded strongly, with policy actions limiting the damage from the pandemic-induced recession by supporting employment and avoiding unnecessary bankruptcies. While the pandemic continues to take a toll on lives, the economy has been less impacted by successive waves of...
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A reduction in inflation can fuel run-ups in housing prices if people suffer from money illusion. For example, investors who decide whether to rent or buy a house by simply comparing monthly rent and mortgage payments do not take into account that inflation lowers future real mortgage costs. We...
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Looks at the problem of endowment assurances that do not meet their targets to repay residential mortgages. By … problems and other problems arising from the use of endowment assurances to repay mortgages which we identify but do not … analyse in detail. The failure of such a major method of repaying mortgages to perform in line with expectations will have …
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The Fisher relation played a very different role in debates surrounding the Great Depression and the more recent Great Recession. This paper explores some of these differences, and suggests an explanation for them derived from a sketch of the idea's evolution between the two events, thus...
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The neo-Fisherian view does not consider a negative interest rate gap a prerequisite for boosting inflation. Instead, a negative interest rate gap is said to lower inflation. We discuss this counterintuitive response - known as the Fisher paradox - in a prototypical new-Keynesian model. We draw...
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World Economic Climate: ifo World Economic Climate Deteriorates - Advanced Economies: Upturn in the Advanced Economies Loses its Momentum - Emerging and Developing Economies: Recovery in Emerging Market and Developing Economies Cools Down - Special Topic: US Tax and Trade Policy – Perceived...
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World Economic Climate: ifo World Economic Climate Remains Positive - Advanced Economies: Advanced Economies Stabilise at a Favourable Level - Emerging and Developing Economies: Emerging and Developing Economies Project Slower Recovery - Special Box: A Comparison between CPB World Trade Monitor...
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Ante un período muy prolongado de baja inflación, el Banco de Japón ha ido modificando su estrategia de política monetaria en las dos últimas décadas y ha sido pionero en la introducción de medidas no convencionales: desde reducir los tipos de interés oficiales a cero y, más...
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Ante un período muy prolongado de baja inflación, el Banco de Japón ha ido modificando su estrategia de política monetaria en las dos últimas décadas y ha sido pionero en la introducción de medidas no convencionales: desde reducir los tipos de interés oficiales a cero y, más...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012588242