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Disinflation: the elimination or reduction of inflation or inflationary pressures in an economy by fiscal or monetary policies; Disinflation definition on BNET »

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The Incredible Volcker Disinflation: Using a simple modern macroeconomic model, the paper argues that the real effects of the Volcker disinflation in the early 1980s were mainly due to imperfect credibility, evident in volatility and stubbornness of long-term interest rates. Studying recently released transcripts of the Federal Open Market Committee, it finds that Volcker...; Tags: Financial Planning, National Bureau of Economic Research, disinflation, Federal Open Market Committee, interest rate, volatility, inflation; White papers 2005-08-01
Globalization and Global Disinflation: In recent years, inflation around the world has dropped to levels that, only two decades ago, seemed frustratingly unattainable. If one takes into account technical biases in the construction of the CPI and central banks' desire to maintain a small amount of padding to facilitate relative price adjustment and help...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, International Monetory Fund, disinflation, inflation, deflation, globalization, adjustment, bank; White papers 2003-08-29
On the Believable Benefits of Low Inflation: This paper reviews the existing theoretical and empirical literature addressing the benefits of low inflation. The ultimate goal is to arrive at a set of benefits in which a monetary authority can have genuine confidence. Moreover, what observable benefits do exist are unlikely to justify a policy of disinflation, even...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, Benefits, Bank of Canada, disinflation, inflation, benefit, bank; White papers 1998-09-01
Opportunistic and Deliberate Disinflation under Imperfect Credibility: This paper compares the ability of these two approaches to achieve disinflation---and at what cost. We analyze these issues using the Federal Reserve's FRB/US model, which allows alternative assumptions to be made about expectations held by agents in the economy; hence, the credibility of the central bank can be considered...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, disinflation, inflation, agent, bank; White papers 1998-01-01
Expectations, Learning and the Costs of Disinflation: Experiments using the FRB/US Model: Disinflation involves the conscious act of a monetary authority to change the prevailing expectations of private agents. The simulated costs of disinflation are compared with other estimates of sacrifice ratios. This paper also discusses disinflation, expectations, learning, macroeconomic modeling. For more information refer this white paper.; Tags: Research & Development, disinflation, modeling, agent; White papers 1997-01-01

A Quantitative Exploration of the Opportunistic Approach to Disinflation: This paper describes the model that are used as a laboratory for the comparison of the rules described above. It also compares the behavior of inflation and output under opportunistic and conventional linear policies. Using stochastic simulations of a small-scale rational expectation model, we study the cost and time required...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, disinflation, inflation; White papers 1997-01-01

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WHY HAVE SO MANY DISINFLATIONS SUCCEEDED?: Why is it that the achievements of some disinflations from low and moderate peaks are long-lived, whereas in others the gains in the inflationary front dissipate quickly? Based on an index of the sustainability of disinflations, various competing explanations of what determines sustainability are tested. Three factors, potentially at the...; Articles 2008-01-01
Core and satellite: The funding challenge for aging boomers can be troubling, but then there is a portfolio that is tax and cost-effective The sizzling returns of the Canadian stock market over the past few years have obscured the looming investment challenge facing retirementbound baby boomers. With lifestyle funding needs that can stretch...; Articles 2007-12-01
Slovak Republic: Economic growth is projected to ease to 7% by 2009 as the rate at which new export-oriented manufacturing capacity comes on stream declines. Unemployment is projected to fall to 9 1/2 per cent in 2009. Further disinflation will be slowed by higher food prices, increases in indirect taxes and the...; Articles 2007-12-01
How To Beat Inflation: Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the federal reserve, in his new book and in the excerpt printed in NEWSWEEK, writes that he believes America is on the verge of a gradual rise in inflation to a trend-line rate of 4 to 5 percent or higher. This forecast has received...; Articles 2007-10-29
Labor Market Institutions and Unemployment: Can Earlier Findings be Replicated?: In a well-known book, Layard, Nickell, and Jackman LNJ tried to measure how unemployment is related to labor market institutions. Using a cross-section of 20 OECD countries for 1983-1988, they found that changes in inflation and labor market institutions can explain most of the unemployment differences across countries. In recent...; Articles 2007-10-01
Commentary: Subprime mess is the ghost of Greenspan past: Once upon a time in the reign of Dr. Sir Alan Greenspan (yes, he now uses the honorifics - doctor, an honorary title, was awarded to him for his magazine articles, and sir was bestowed on him by the Queen in 2000, during the market crash, for "his contribution to...; Articles 2007-07-09
Central & Eastern Europe: Romania - Policy Clash Leaves Economy Vulnerable - In Theory, Joining The EU Should Force A Country To Adopt Greater Policy Discipline. In Practice, Romania's Muddy Political Waters And An Appetite For Spending Are About To Magni.(Interview): Byline: ADINA POSTELNICU It was no more than six months ago when, speaking to The Banker, Mugur Isarescu, the governor of National Bank of Romania NBR, the central bank, warned of "a continuous pressure on fiscal policy" and the risk of not having...; Articles 2007-07-01
Global economy in good health.: Byline: World output boosted as Chinese mindset turns capitalist and productivity surges in emerging and developing economies global equities The world economy is currently experiencing an extraordinary period of strong output growth and low consumer price inflation, according to...; Articles 2007-04-30
ACG Minnesota Chapter Announces March 2007 Lunch Meeting with Daniel Laufenberg, Chief Economist from Ameriprise Financial: The Association for Corporate Growth ACG Minnesota Chapter invites all members of the Minneapolis/St. Paul media to attend this month's chapter meeting, featuring Daniel E. Laufenberg, PhD, Chief Economist from Ameriprise Financial. Dr. Laufenberg will discuss "Even in a 'Flat World,' the Economy Cannot Be Just Right Forever." ...; Articles 2007-03-12
Anatomy of a hump; Economics focus.(What caused the Great Inflation?): What caused the Great Inflation? And what might bring it back? IF YOU were to draw the path of inflation in the typical big, rich economy over the past half century, your picture would look much like a dromedary's back: a low flat line...; Articles 2007-03-10
Economic transparency and poverty *: (ProQuest: ... denotes formulae omitted.) 1. Introduction The end of the 20th century was marked by a commitment on the part of several countries to the eradication of poverty. The same period was characterized by success in achieving price stability thanks to the new techniques adopted by central...; Articles 2007-03-01
Is corn the new crude?: After last fall's dramatic. 75% improvement in value, the corn market began 2007 under pressure about concerns of disinflation from sharply lower energy prices and fears of reallocation from index funds. The result was heavy liquidation selling in this market. However, the two main reasons for corn's strength, strong current...; Articles 2007-03-01
Weapons of mass disinflation.(emerging economies): Competition from emerging economies has helped to hold inflation down INFLATION worldwide has been unusually subdued in recent years. Although in developed economies, notably America, it has been creeping up over the past year, it is still well below what most economic models...; Articles 2006-09-16
Globalization harbors inflationary risks: Bank of France study: PARIS AFP — The Bank of France has warned that globalization could aggravate inflationary pressures that would justify greater vigilance on monetary policies. A bank study noted that while globalization had spurred disinflation over the past 15 years, the trend is now reversing itself. It said the opening of formerly...; Articles 2006-09-04

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