rate by 150 basis points causes output and inflation volatility to rise around 10% above their steady-state standard …We use a simple New Keynesian model, with firm specific capital, non-zero steady-state inflation, long-run risks and … Epstein-Zin preferences to study the volatility implications of a monetary policy shock. An unexpected increases in the policy …

There is no consensus about the causes of the reduction in business cycle volatility seen in many major economies over … stability has been fostered by improved monetary policy and by associated changes in the behaviour of inflation, which has … itself led to a reduction in the volatility of economic shocks. Our projections suggest that a number of major economies …

model in which endogenous regime switches are triggered by the inflation rate. The model separates a high from a low … inflation regime with both regimes being strongly persistent. Generalized impulse response functions highlight important across …-regime differences in the responses of the economy to monetary policy and inflation shocks. Simulating both regimes with individual …