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This paper shows that increased volatility of Örm-level productivity can push the nominal interest rate to its lower bound with large amplification effects on macroeconomic aggregates. The framework combines a simple canonical Önancial accelerator model, time varying risk shocks, and a zero...
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We show that TFP reacts counter-cyclically to macroeconomic shocks, which we identify by imposing sign restrictions. Counterfactual simulations, based on a New Keynesian DSGE model, show that firms manage to employ labor more efficiently during downturns, which leads to a muted drop in the...
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inflation. We propose a smallscale structured recursive vector autoregression (VAR) model to identify the macroeconomic effects …‐lower bound, a perception of higher future interest rates leads to a significant rise in current measures of inflation and a rise … percent on inflation) while policy rates are fixed at the zero‐lower bound. This evidence points to the importance of managing …
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inflation. We propose a small-scale structured recursive vector autoregression (VAR) model to identify the macroeconomic effects …-lower bound, a perception of higher future interest rates leads to a significant rise in current measures of inflation and a rise … percent on inflation) while policy rates are fixed at the zero-lower bound. This evidence points to the importance of managing …
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We propose a TVP-VAR with stochastic volatility for the unemployment rate, core inflation and the federal funds rate … rise in monetary policy uncertainty increases unemployment and lowers core inflation; the effects on unemployment in … shocks) less effective at moving unemployment and core inflation. We also posit a theoretical model to provide the structural …
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We propose a TVP-VAR with stochastic volatility for the unemployment rate, core inflation and the federal funds rate … rise in monetary policy uncertainty increases unemployment and lowers core inflation; the effects on unemployment in … shocks) less effective at moving unemployment and core inflation. We also posit a theoretical model to provide the structural …
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nominal interest rates, even when agents believe that the central bank will eventually attain its long-run, positive inflation … target. This illustrates that a credible long-run inflation target does not render the Taylor principle sufficient for …
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period, the volatility of inflation and output rise quick and sharply. Thus, an excessive forward guidance policy may …
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