The relationship between the inflation rate and inequality across U.S. states: a semiparametric approach [PDF]
This paper uses a cross-state panel for the United States over the 1976–2007 period to assess the relationship between income inequality and the inflation rate.
M. Balcılar +3 more
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Inflation targeting: What inflation rate to target? [PDF]
Abstract In an economy with nominal rigidities in both an intermediate good sector and a finished good sector, and thus with a natural distinction between CPI and PPI inflation rates, a benevolent central bank faces a tradeoff between stabilizing the two measures of inflation, a final output gap and, unique to our model, a real marginal cost gap in ...
Kevin X. D. Huang, Zheng Liu
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Inflation and the savings rate [PDF]
In this paper we examine two explanations of the observed positive relationship between inflation rates and savings rates in Canada and the United States. Several models are estimated using quarterly time-series data from both countries, and the best of these are subjected to a variety of tests.
Russell Davidson, James G. MacKinnon
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Inflation and exchange rate pass-through [PDF]
The degree to which domestic prices adjust to exchange rate movements is key to understanding inflation dynamics, and hence to guiding monetary policy. However, the exchange rate pass-through to inflation varies considerably across countries and over time.
Ha, Jongrim +2 more
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Health Sector Inflation Rate and its Determinants in Iran: A Longitudinal Study (1995-2008). [PDF]
Health price inflation rate is different from increasing in health expenditures. Health expenditures contain both quantity and prices but inflation rate contains prices.
Abedin Teimourizad +3 more
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Analysis of nominal exchange rate pass-through effect on inflation rate in selected countries [PDF]
Inflation rate is one of the essential macroeconomics variables and it represents the main goal of monetary policy. It is determined by a great number of factors, so it is necessary to analyse the impact their changes have on inflation rate.
Živković Aleksandra, Milenković Ivan
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The effect of interest rate and exchange rate on inflation targeting with heterogeneous inflation expectations approach [PDF]
The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of policy tools such as interest rate and exchange rate on inflation targeting in the form of new Keynesian model in terms of heterogeneity of economic agents' expectations.
Asghar Aboulhassani +2 more
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Assessing the Impact of Financial Inclusion on Inflation Rate in Developing Countries
Interest in promoting financial inclusion has increased dramatically in recent years all over the world. The aim of this study is to empirically assess the impact of financial inclusion on the inflation rate in 37 developing countries for a period of ...
Mehry El Bourainy +2 more
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The Effect of Inflation Rate on CO2 Emission: A Framework for Malaysian Construction Industry
Inflation and CO2 emission are the two most deleterious elements in the construction industry. However, so far no linkage between the two has been estimated.
M. A. Musarat +4 more
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Interest Rates and Inflation [PDF]
A consensus has emerged among practitioners that the instrument of monetary policy ought to be the short-term interest rate, that policy should be focused on the control of inflation, and that inflation can be reduced by increasing short-term interest rates. At the center of this consensus is a rejection of the quantity theory.
Fernando Alvarez +2 more
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