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output and real-rate gaps can be represented in a parsimonious and practical manner using the theory of anelasticity that …
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factors impact the inflation rate. This study delves into the complex relationship between budgetary shocks, economic … uncertainty, and inflation within the context of the Russian economy. The aim of this study is to unravel how budgetary decisions …, made amidst a globally uncertain economic environment, influence inflation dynamics. In other words, the objective of this …
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This article examines the effects of monetary integration on the synchronization of the business cycle within ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) and contributes to the economic literature dealing with these aspects. First, the indicators of de facto and de jure central bank...
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. Key to our estimation strategy is the use of survey - based expectations for inflation and output. We identify … period. Output shocks shift to the low volatility regime around 1985 whereas inflation shocks do so only around 1990 …, suggesting active monetary policy may have played role in anchoring inflation expectations. Shocks and policy regimes jointly …
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This paper studies the state-dependent effects of monetary policy shocks. It shows that a canonical sticky-price model with real rigidity in the form of firm-specific factors can generate substantial state-dependence in the effects of monetary policy shocks. Factor specificity introduces a...
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political business cycles, the inflation-stabilisation dilemma is discussed along with proposed solutions in the form of central … bank independence and conservativeness, incentive contracts, and inflation targets. The final section turns to current …
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inflation and the output gap in the central bank's interest rate rule. Specifically, we isolate the influence of forward … some assumptions about forward-looking behavior that are motivated by economic theory, we show that a plausible set of …
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. Key to our estimation strategy is the use of survey-based expectations for inflation and output. Output and inflation …
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theory. Since the price level should fall in the growing economy, introduction of negative inflation target is suggested … current state of positive inflation target. Possible criticism of this suggestion is anticipated and disproved in this paper …
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Many economists, including former Fed chairman Ben Bernanke, believe that the gold standard generates poor economic outcomes including output volatility, price instability, financial panics, the spread of recessions via the exchange rate, and speculation-induced collapse. These problems,...
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