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is constructed for the German monetary sector based on M3, GNP, an inflation rate, a long-term interest rate and a short …-term rate which represents the policy variable of the DBB. Moreover, import price inflation is included as an exogenous variable …
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Many central banks discuss the introduction of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). Empirical evidence suggests that households may differ in their willingness to hold CBDC. Against this background, this paper investigates the macroeconomic effects of different CBDC regimes in a New Keynesian...
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The economic characteristics of the COVID-19 crisis differ from those of previous crises. It is a combination of demand- and supply-side constraints which led to the formation of a monetary overhang that will be unfrozen once the pandemic ends. Monetary policy must take this effect into...
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In this paper, we focus on the role of different types of crises (technological crises, financial market crises, natural disasters) and their effects on the demand for cash in an international context. It becomes evident that over the past 30 years cash demand always increased in times of...
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allow money-demand shocks to generate volatility in output and inflation, much as was the case under the money …
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need to correct the estimation of indicators of economic uncertainty. The indicators were constructed from textual data … Monetary Policy of eighteen Central Banks, we estimated two variables of perception of economic uncertainty: the first using … Pandemic) in its word list. Initial results show that there is a significant effect of COVID-19 on the estimation of the …
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Firms’ market power, measured by markups, has risen substantially and unequally across sectors. To evaluate the implications of these trends for monetary non-neutrality, we develop a quantitative menu cost model that covers multiple sectors with heterogeneous degrees of market competition. Two...
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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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We find that macroeconomic uncertainty plays a significant role in U.S. monetary policy. First, we construct a measure … of uncertainty as felt by policymakers at the time of making their rate-setting decisions. This measure is derived from a … real-time, Bayesian estimation of a small monetary VAR with time-varying parameters. We use it to calculate the probability …
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setting, we find that US interest rate uncertainty not only drives local output and inflation volatility, but also causes … declines in output, inflation, and the interest rate. Moreover, we document strong global impacts, making the world move in a …
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