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The consumer price index [PDF]

The consumer price index (CPI) is probably the most closely watched indicator of inflation in the U.S. economy. In this article, Mark Wynne and Fiona Sigalla explain the construction of the CPI and evaluate some of its potential shortcomings as a measure
Fiona D. Sigalla, Mark A. Wynne
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Life Cycle Consumption and Portfolio Choice Under Real Interest Rate Risk

Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We set up a life cycle model with real interest rate risk to demonstrate that real interest rates have implications for optimal household consumption and investments. Lower interest rates lead to higher optimal stock investments and lower consumption.
Marcel Fischer, Natascha Jankowski
wiley   +1 more source

Empirical analysis of the correlation between China's Macroeconomic Market and Crude Oil Market based on mixed-frequency group factor model. [PDF]

PLoS One
Zhao J, Yin J.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Impact of Cutting Social Security Cost of Living Adjustments on the Living Standards of the Elderly [PDF]

During the negotiations over raising the debt ceiling, President Obama proposed cutting the annual cost of living adjustment for Social Security by switching to an index that would show a lower measured rate of inflation.
David Rosnick, Dean Baker
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Organization Capital and Firm Resilience to Cash Flow Shocks

Financial Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Spanning a 3‐year window before and after the COVID‐19 pandemic (2017–2022), this study examines the role of organizational capital in shaping firm resilience to cash flow shocks. We find that organizational capital significantly mitigates adverse cash flow impacts arising from pandemic‐related operational disruptions.
Chen Huang, Georgios P. Kouretas, Tam D. Nguyen, Yu Zhang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Confidence, animal spirits, and the macroeconomy in China: Based on mixed-frequency data models. [PDF]

PLoS One
Lu W, Liu Q, Li H.
europepmc   +1 more source

Early‐Life Disaster Exposure and the Investment Response to Monetary Policy

Financial Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We place CEOs' formative experiences at the center of analyzing how firms respond to monetary policy. Specifically, we examine how early‐life exposure to natural disasters shapes CEOs’ investment behavior following monetary shocks. CEOs with exposure to moderate natural disasters during their formative years exhibit stronger risk‐taking ...
Samer Adra, Yang Gao, Elie Menassa, Jiayi Yuan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Societal cost-of-illness analysis of self-injection of biologics for patients with rheumatoid arthritis in Japan using claims, surveys, and national statistics. [PDF]

Health Econ Rev
Takahata K, Tanaka E, Sakai R, Akazawa M.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

When in Doubt, Tax More Progressively? Uncertainty and Progressive Income Taxation

International Economic Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We study the optimal income tax problem under parameter uncertainty about household preferences and wage dynamics. We derive conditions characterizing how such uncertainty affects optimal tax policy. To quantify the effect, we estimate a life‐cycle model using US data and a Bayesian approach.
Minsu Chang, Chunzan Wu
wiley   +1 more source

Benchmarking econometric, decomposable additive, and neural network methods for food inflation prediction featuring policy insights. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Javed A.
europepmc   +1 more source