This study analyzes the question whether gold provides the ability of hedging against inflation from a new perspective …: First, we show that gold is partially able to hedge future inflation in the long-run and this ability is stronger for the … characterized by regime-dependence, implying that the usefulness of gold as an inflation hedge for investors crucially depends on …

Recently a market in options based on CPI inflation (inflation caps and floors) has emerged in the US. This paper uses … quotes on these derivatives to construct probability densities for inflation. We study how these pdfs respond to news … empirical pricing kernels. The options-implied densities assign considerably more mass to extreme inflation outcomes (either …

This paper revisits the equilibrium and welfare effects of long-run inflation in the presence of distortionary taxes … and financial constraints. Expected inflation interacts with corporate taxation through the deductibility of i) capital … expenditures at historical value and ii) interest payments on debt. Through the first channel, inflation increases firms’ taxable …

This paper explores the long-run effects of inflation on the dynamics of private sector bank credit and economic growth … private sector bank credit in the economy exerts a positive impact on real GDP. In addition, inflation rates have contributed … increase in inflation is associated with a 0.07 % fall in long-run real rate of output through its effect on bank credit to the …

We quantitatively analyze the way inflation alters the inequality of the income distribution in the U.S. economy. The … main mechanism emphasized in this paper is the "bracket creep" effect according to which inflation pushes income into …, we study time series from the U.S. economy. As our central result we find that irrespective of the level of inflation …

We assess the effects of financial shocks on inflation, and to what extent financial shocks can account for the … shocks through sign restrictions. Our main finding is that expansionary financial shocks temporarily lower inflation. This … during the latest financial crisis. We then explore the transmission channels of financial shocks relevant for inflation, and …

Did the decline in inflation rates from 2012 to 2015 and the low levels of market-based inflation expectations lead to … de-anchored inflation dynamics in the euro area? This paper is the first time-varying event study to investigate the … reaction of inflation-linked swap (ILS) rates - a market-based measure of inflation expectations - to macroeconomic surprises …

" to inflation, an effect that is known as exchange rate pass-through (ERPT). In particular, if an exchange rate … relatively lower ERPT in the past two decades, the exchange rate continues to be a large determinant of inflation in several …