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This paper examines the determinants of inflation in Sierra Leone using a structural vector autoregression (VAR …) approach to help forecast inflation for operational purposes. Despite data limitations, the paper accurately models inflation … in Sierra Leone. As economic theory predicts, domestic inflation is found to increase with higher oil prices, higher …
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This is the fifth of a series of papers that are being written as part of a larger project to estimate a small quarterly Global Projection Model (GPM). The GPM project is designed to improve the toolkit to which economists have access for studying both own-country and cross-country linkages. In...
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This paper investigates inflation dynamics in Sudan using three different approaches: the single equation model, the …-conflict country that uses these three separate techniques to understand inflation dynamics. The use of these approaches is … inflation with 18-24 months time lag. …
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Robust GDP growth, declining unemployment, low and stable inflation, and a string of fiscal and current account …
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been based on discretionary targeting of broad money without any clear target to anchor inflation expectations. This paper … are required to strengthen the ability of the CBY in achieving low and stable rates of inflation over the medium term. …
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The People's Bank of China (PBC) has made great strides in modernizing its monetary policy frameworks but their effectiveness will diminish as the sophistication of the economy increases. Empirical evidence supports maintaining a reference to money in China's monetary strategy and enhancing the...
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's experience with 'inflation targeting lite' as described in Stone (2003). It finds that this monetary policy regime has been … associated with a general reduction in inflation, principally through a reduction in inflation expectations. The credibility the … Bank of Mauritius has established with its 'inflation targeting lite' regime has allowed it to shift from an emphasis on …
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Applying commonly used vector autoregression (VAR) techniques, this paper investigates the transmission mechanism of monetary policy on output and prices for Mauritius, using data for 1999-2009. The results show that (i) an unexpected monetary policy tightening-an increase in the Bank of...
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low long-run inflation objective, operational independence for the People's Bank of China (PBC) with formal strategic … interest rate fluctuations). We argue that anchoring monetary policy with an explicit inflation objective would be the most … reliable way for the PBC to tie down inflation expectations, and thereby enable monetary policy to make the best contribution …
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We develop a DSGE model with a banking sector to analyze the impact of the financial crisis on Zambia and the role of the monetary policy response. We view the crisis as a combination of three related shocks: a worsening in the terms of the trade, an increase in the country’s risk...
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