The standard Blanchard-Quah (BQ) decomposition forces aggregate demand and supply shocks to be orthogonal. However, this assumption is problematic for a nation with an inflation target. The very notion of inflation targeting means that monetary policy reacts to changes in aggregate supply. This...

There has been an increase in food price instability in recent years, with varied consequences for farmers, market participants, and consumers. Before policy makers can design schemes to reduce food price uncertainty or ameliorate its effects, they must first understand the factors that have...

Using a set of cointegration and error correction models with asymmetric adjustment, this paper investigates aggregate labor market adjustment in the U.S. and Canada in the post-1973 period. Empirical results show real wages, productivity, and unemployment are cointegrated. Adjustment towards...

This paper uses the short-run restrictions implied by the aggregate demand-aggregate supply model as an aid in identifying structural shocks to aggregate demand and aggregate supply. Combined with the Blanchard-Quah restriction this allows estimates of the slope of the aggregate supply curve,...