During the last years, a number of countries have adopted formal inflation targeting (IT) monetary policy frameworks in a context of global inflation moderation. This paper studies inflation dynamics in eight Latin American countries, some of which have adopted formal targets. We analyze...

Price volatility in the corn market has changed considerably globalization and stronger linkages to the energy complex. Using data from January 1989 through December 2009, we estimate and forecast the volatility in the corn market using futures daily prices. Estimates in a Fractional Integrated...

The recently witnessed financial turmoil and the current international stability context have demonstrated the need for a deeper understandingabout ex-ante international asset price fluctuations. Moreover, it is now more evident that very little is known about real estate securities and their...

An excellent way to apply the fundamental concepts of engineering economy is to evaluate the question of buying a home versus renting an apartment. Depending upon certain conditions, either alternative may be economically advantageous. Some of the variables include the mortgage and inflation...

The aim of this research is to analize the relationship between inflation rate and unemployment rate in Indonesia e.i the causality relationship and the long term relationship between that two variables. Data that employed in this research are inflation rate and unemployment rate in Indonesia...