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Why do dynamic inconsistencies in monetary policy exist? In this paper we present a traditional model with output inefficiencies, but we allow for monetary policy to be influenced by the various constituencies in the economy, that pressure the Congress to in turn pressure the central bank to...
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At our first meeting, ten years ago, we offered a medium-term strategy for ending inflation and restoring productive … growth to its long-term average. The rate of inflation for the previous three years was, then, about 5 1/2%. The average rate … disciplined, medium-term strategy to end inflation, inflation would rise and economic instability and unemployment would increase …
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the past ten years to generate a pattern of world wide inflation. The experiences made since our first meeting in … peace inflation observed in the U.S.A., followed by a substantial downswing in economic activity in 1974/75. …
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inflation. The Committee's concern was motivated by the repeated failures of our policymaking in 1967,1970 and again in 1972 … unleashed a new wave of inflation. From an inflation level below 4% p.a. in the spring of 1972 price movements accelerated to a … repeated for the fourth time in 1976/77. Inflation had been lowered to 4.5% p.a. in the second half of 1976 as a result of the …
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future welfare (real income per capita) but offered otherwise no relevant specific action designed to lower inflation or to … concerning the nature of the inflation problem. The program submitted to the public's attention offered in particular no useful … major component in a program addressed to lower the rate of inflation. …
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Adopting a restrictive policy to reduce inflation and being willing to stick with it even in a long and deep recession … is not evidence that it will be successful. The test of whether a long-run anti-inflation policy will be maintained does …
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exchange rate movements do not have an impact on inflation, as aggregate rules of thumb mask substantial heterogeneities across … counteract deviations of inflation from target, including those relating to exchange rate fluctuations. Moreover, under the … forecasting inflation. …
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Este artículo describe una metodología que permite contrastar la convergencia absoluta y relativa del nivel general de precios (en media y varianza), basada en un modelo de precios relativos que incluye un proceso de transición y permite medir la velocidad de convergencia de precios entre un...
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Artículo de revista ; This article analyses the link between the changes in and the drivers of inflation in a broad … range of advanced economies, with special emphasis on those of the euro area. Inflation rates are seen to be highly … common monetary policy. Also, the comovement of inflation is found to be a phenomenon that tends to be more visible in the …
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Artículo de revista ; This article analyses agents’ perception of the period of low inflation in recent years, in the … allows a distinction to be drawn between which portion of the low inflation phenomenon might be due to temporary factors and … inflation rate’s recent departure from the monetary policy objective to be predominantly temporary, although these deviations …
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