The aims of this paper are as follows: To examine the dynamic effects of discretionary fiscal policy shocks on key macroeconomic variables in Sierra Leone. Also, to empirically investigate which fiscal policy tool is most efficient for short-run macroeconomic stabilization in Sierra Leone. These...

This paper introduces a new regime dependence of monetary policy due to information frictions: the effects of monetary policy shocks depend on the type of the fundamental macro shock in the economy. Specifically, output responses to monetary policy shocks are amplified relative to their...

In this paper, we reinterpret the New Keynesian model, which is a standard model in macroeconomics, based on more realistic assumptions, and examine the effects of fiscal policy using this model.We have the following specifics as realistic assumptions.（1）The Taylor rule for monetary policy...

Upon arrival of macroeconomic news, economic agents update their beliefs about the long-run fundamentals of the economy. I show that signals about the agents’ long-run expectations, proxied by the economic outlook revisions of professional forecasters, convey sufficient information to identify...

On 18-19 June 2004, the BIS held a conference on "Understanding Low Inflation and Deflation". This event brought together central bankers, academics and market practitioners to exchange views on this issue (see the conference programme in this document). This paper was presented at the workshop....

This paper investigates responses of household debt to COVID-19 related data like confirmed cases and confirmed deaths within a panel VAR framework for OECD countries. We also employ a plethora of non-pharmaceutical and pharmaceutical interventions as shocks. In terms of methodology, we opt for...

This paper develops a structural VAR model to measure how a shock to one country can affect the GDP of other countries. It uses trade linkages to estimate the multiplier effects of a shock as it is transmitted through other countries' output fluctuations. The paper introduces a new specification...

We decipher monetary policy shocks by directly connecting them to the stance a central bank expresses in its communication about different topics. To measure topic-specific central bank stances, we apply textual analysis techniques to press conference statements of the European Central Bank...

We compare two approaches to using information about the signs of structural shocks at specific dates within a structural vector autoregression (SVAR): imposing ‘narrative restrictions’ (NR) on the shock signs in an otherwise set-identified SVAR; and casting the information about the shock...

The ``REtrieval from MIxed Sampling'' (REMIS) approach based on blocking developed in Anderson et al. (2016) is concerned with retrieving an underlying high frequency model from mixed frequency observations. In this paper we investigate parameter-identifiability in the Johansen (1995) vector...