I use the measures of frequency of price adjustment in Nakamura and Steinsson(2008) to show that stickier price industries have higher levels of output response to monetary policy shocks. Using a Vector Auto-regression model, I build different measures of response to a monetary policy shock of...

This paper surveys recent advances in empirical studies of the monetary transmission mechanism (MTM), with special attention to Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Our results indicate that the strength of the exchange rate pass-through substantially declined over time mainly due to a fall in...

Monetary policy represents one of the most important policies of each country's policy mix. Understanding how monetary policy works and affects real economy is essential in understanding how changes in the settings of monetary instruments such as interest rate increase or decrease will affect...

The paper studies the functioning of the monetary transmission mechanism in the EU. It analyses the influence of an increase in short-term interest rate on real and monetary variable e.g. industrial production of the EU members, retail prices, monetary mass and real exchange rate. Frequently...