Inflation in advanced economies is low by historical standards but there is no threat of deflation. Slower economic … growth is caused by supply-side constraints rather than low inflation. Below-the-target inflation does not damage the … reputation of central banks. Thus, central banks should not try to bring inflation back to the targeted level of 2%. Rather, they …

investigates to what extent the quality of eligible collateral is able to explain inflation employing the first comprehensive … statistically significant correlation between QEC and average inflation is found. This result is robust to the use of control …

countries and we show that this index has the potential to affect monetary stability as measured by national inflation rates …. The existence of a correlation between inflation and the quality of eligible collateral would strongly support fundamental …

bankers to explain their monetary policy decisions in detail and for them to publish inflation forecasts. This leads to the … question of how central bank transparency is entangled with price stability and inflation volatility. A plethora of studies … transparency leads to lower inflation, others concluded that openness of central banks results in higher prices. Conversely, there …

evaluated with respect to the relevant institutional rules. The model predicts that while both inflation and budget deficits are … independence. This result obtains due to optimizing agents who internalize the burden of spending: inflation. Although not …

to support the standard objection to such policies: that they will lead to uncontrollable inflation. Theoretical models … support for a relationship between monetary financing and inflation. The findings lend support to recent calls for explicit …

We analyse whether central bank independence (CBI) affects inflation in developing countries. For this purpose we have … after high inflation countries are added to the sample. …