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Households across Europe are struggling with a double crisis-the worst inflation shock since the World War II and a … on 20 countries in Europe over the period 1980-2023, we analyze the dynamic relationship between inflation …
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We argue that a stronger emphasis on macrofinancial risk could provide stabilization benefits. Simulations results suggest that strong monetary reactions to accelerator mechanisms that push up credit growth and asset prices could help macroeconomic stability. In addition, using a macroprudential...
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This paper examines housing finance and housing price dynamics in selected emerging Middle Eastern economies over the past two decades. It finds that (i) mortgage markets have experienced rapid development, which has led to lower private per capita consumer spending volatility this decade; (ii) a...
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This paper shows that not all housing price cycles are alike. The nature of the housing expansion phase-especially whether a housing price boom characterized by rapid and persistent house price growth is present-plays a key role in shaping the severity of the subsequent contraction, and the net...
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Inflation has been rising during the pandemic against supply chain disruptions and a multi-year boom in global owner …-occupied house prices. We present some stylized facts pointing to house prices as a leading indicator of headline inflation in the U … inflation in two housing components (rent and owner-occupied housing cost) of the headline inflation and draw tentative …
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This study investigates the relationship between the adoption of renewable energy and the sensitivity of inflation to … oil and gas prices leading to a surge in inflation, the notion of a "divine coincidence" suggests that higher levels of … renewable energy adoption, in addition to fighting climate change, could mitigate fossil fuel price-induced inflation volatility …
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We study the global inflation surge during the pandemic recovery and the implications for aggregate and sectoral … differences in the inflation response across sectors imply the relative price of goods has been pro-cyclical this time around … calibrated exercise shows that the resulting changes to the output-inflation relation are quantitatively important and improve …
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This paper identifies over 100 inflation shock episodes in 56 countries since the 1970s, including over 60 episodes … linked to the 1973-79 oil crises. We document that only in 60 percent of the episodes was inflation brought back down (or … "resolved") within 5 years, and that even in these "successful" cases resolving inflation took, on average, over 3 years …
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Inflation and unemployment rate were largely disconnected between 2000 and 2019 in advanced economies. We decompose … core inflation into two parts based on the cyclical sensitivity of CPI components and document several salient facts: (i … inflation and unemployment rate. The approach has potential to help understand forces shaping price pressures during the …
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The surge in energy prices in 2022 has been a defining factor behind the increase in euro area inflation. We assess the … to mute the effects of the increase in energy prices and to lower inflation. Overall, we find that these unconventional … measures reduced euro area inflation by 1 to 2 percentage points in 2022 and may avoid an undershoot later on. When …
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