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Central banks that lack credibility often tie their exchange rate to that of a more credible partner in order to … “import” credibility. We show in a small open economy model that a central bank that displays “limited credibility” can … credibility will peg their currency to that of a more credible partner. As the central bank's credibility improves it will place …
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influence on inflation persistence by its credibility and responses in the face of inflationary shocks. In this study, we use a … regimes. Further, we show that credibility of the monetary regime significantly influences inflation persistence observed … under the regime, such that higher (lower) regime credibility leads to lower (higher) inflation persistence. Finally, we …
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This paper determines the real effects of credible disinflation when price setting is staggered. The results are surprising: a fairly quick disinflation causes a boom. This finding suggests that nominal price rigidity alone does not explain why disinflation is costly in actual economies
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We use a representative online survey to investigate the inflation expectations of German consumers and the credibility … of the ECB's inflation target during the recent high inflation period. We find that credibility has trended downwards …
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Estimates of the cost of disinflation made before the recent reduction in the inflation rate varied widely. Estimates were made in terms of the sacrifice ratio -- the percentage points of GNP at an annual rate lost per percentage point reduction in the inflation rate. At one extreme it was...
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We use the limited participation model of money as a laboratory for studying the operating characteristics of Taylor rules for setting the rate of interest. Rules are evaluated according to their ability to protect the economy from bad outcomes such as the burst of inflation observed in the...
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inflation inertia can emerge: the interaction between lack of credibility of government monetary policy announcements and the …. Lack of credibility is then shown to lead to output losses during a disinflation program. We demonstrate the effects of … during disinflation programs with and without price controls and the influence of credibility problems. We discuss nominal …
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We study the optimal design of a disinflation plan by a planner who lacks commitment. Having announced a plan, the Central banker faces a tradeoff between surprise inflation and building reputation, defined as the private sector's belief that the Central bank is committed to the plan. Some plans...
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We use a standard new Keynesian model to evaluate the cost of disinflation - measured by the sacrifice ratio, the central bank's loss function, and the welfare cost - in a small open economy vis-à-vis a closed economy. Disinflation is either more costly or less beneficial in the small open...
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We define and study transparency, credibility, and reputation in a model where the central bank's characteristics are … unobservable to the private sector and are inferred from the policy outcome. A low-credibility bank optimally conducts a more … expansionary policy than a high-credibility bank, in the sense that it induces higher inflation, but a less expansionary policy in …
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