This article shows that income inequality and inflation in Brazil are multidimensional phenomena linked to the unemployment rate and to the foreign sector. Consequently, the relationship between inflation and income distribution depends on the source of inflationary pressures, as evident in the...

This article shows that income inequality and inflation in Brazil are multidimensional phenomena linked to the unemployment rate and to the foreign sector. Consequently, the relationship between inflation and income distribution depends on the source of inflationary pressures, as evident in the...

Purpose The study aims to estimate the short- and long-run effects of monetary policy on residential property prices in South Africa. Over the past decades, there has been a monetary policy shift, from targeting money supply and exchange rate to inflation. The shifts have affected residential...

COVID-19 has taken a severe social and economic toll, including almost 60,000 deaths. With over 5 million jobs temporarily affected, Colombia recorded its largest recession on record. Since 2020H2, an uneven recovery with intermittent growth has been underway, led by private domestic demand....

We develop a DSGE model with a banking sector to analyze the impact of the financial crisis on Zambia and the role of the monetary policy response. We view the crisis as a combination of three related shocks: a worsening in the terms of the trade, an increase in the country’s risk...

The Central Bank of Sweden declares the use of the Svensson's concept of inflation forecast targeting (IFT). It means that the repo rate decision making process depends on the central banks' forecasts. The concept evolved from the strict IFT with the decision making algorithm called the 'rule of...

This article presents a comparative study of central paths' projections of Consumer Price Index (CPI index), core inflation and monetary policy-relevant inflation measure (MPRI) in the central banks of Sweden, Norway and Czech Republic. The analysis refers to the possibility of using core and...