We introduce endogenous growth in an otherwise standard NK model with staggered prices and wages. Some results follow …: (i) monetary volatility negatively affects long-run growth; (ii) the relation between nominal volatility and growth … increases the negative effect of nominal volatility on mean growth. …

We identify an inflationary technology news shock as the leading source of business cycle variations for the postwar U ….S. economy. This shock acts like a demand shock: it induces strong positive comovement in real quantities - GDP, consumption … technological innovations reduce inflation. The technology news shock became the predominant source of the business cycle from the …