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Cross-Country Report on Inflation

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Article

Source: Cross-Country Report on Inflation : Selected Issues

Volume/Issue: 2015/184

Series: IMF Staff Country Reports

Author(s): International Monetary Fund. European Dept.

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 14 July 2015

ISBN: 9781513525464

Keywords: inflation, external factors, core inflation, output gap, disinflation

This Selected Issues paper examines the causes and drivers of low inflation in European inflation targeting countries outside the euro area, focusing on the Czech Republic, Poland, Sweden, and Switzerland. It estim...

Alternative Methods of Estimating Potential Output and the Output Gap

Alternative Methods of Estimating Potential Output and the Output Gap »

Article

Source: Alternative Methods of Estimating Potential Output and the Output Gap : An Application to Sweden

Volume/Issue: 2000/59

Series: IMF Working Papers

Author(s): Sweta Saxena , and Valerie Cerra

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 01 March 2000

ISBN: 9781451847932

Keywords: Business Cycles, Output Gap, Potential Output, Detrending, Production Function, Vector Autoregression, Unobserved Components Models, nairu, equation, time series

This paper reviews a number of different methods that can be used to estimate potential output and the output gap. Measures of potential output and the output gap are useful to help identify the scope for sustainab...

Inflation Targeting and Output Stability

Inflation Targeting and Output Stability »

Article

Source: Inflation Targeting and Output Stability

Volume/Issue: 1999/61

Series: IMF Working Papers

Author(s): Esteban Jadresic

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 01 April 1999

ISBN: 9781451848151

Keywords: Inflation targeting, output stability, staggered price setting, inflation, aggregate demand, monetary base

This paper reexamines the effects of inflation targeting on output stability. It considers an economy with staggered price setting that is exposed to price shocks and where the policymaker cannot observe the curren...

What Is in Your Output Gap? Unified Framework & Decomposition into Observables

What Is in Your Output Gap? Unified Framework & Decomposition into Observables »

Article

Source: What Is in Your Output Gap? Unified Framework & Decomposition into Observables

Volume/Issue: 2013/105

Series: IMF Working Papers

Author(s): Michal Andrle

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 10 May 2013

ISBN: 9781484399552

Keywords: output gap, linear filters, observable decomposition, DSGE, inflation, unemployment, employment, monetary fund, central bank, General,

This paper discusses several popular methods to estimate the ‘output gap’. It provides a unified, natural concept for the analysis, and demonstrates how to decompose the output gap into contributions...

Still Minding the Gap-Inflation Dynamics during Episodes of Persistent Large Output Gaps

Still Minding the Gap-Inflation Dynamics during Episodes of Persistent Large Output Gaps »

Article

Source: Still Minding the Gap-Inflation Dynamics during Episodes of Persistent Large Output Gaps

Volume/Issue: 2010/189

Series: IMF Working Papers

Author(s): Andre Meier

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 01 August 2010

ISBN: 9781455202232

Keywords: Output gap, Phillips curve, Recession, inflation rates, inflation dynamics, low inflation, General Outlook and Conditions,

This paper studies inflation dynamics during 25 historical episodes in advanced economies where output remained well below potential for an extended period. We find that such episodes generally brought about signif...

Wage Flexibility and Economic Performance

Wage Flexibility and Economic Performance »

Article

Source: Wage Flexibility and Economic Performance : Evidence Across Industrial Countries

Volume/Issue: 2000/137

Series: IMF Working Papers

Author(s): Magda Kandil

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 01 August 2000

ISBN: 9781451855906

Keywords: Wage Flexibility, demand shocks, energy price shocks, productivity shocks, wage, inflation, aggregate demand, wage inflation, real output

This paper provides new empirical evidence on the degree of nominal wage flexibility in a sample of nineteen industrial countries. Across countries, aggregate uncertainty increases the degree of wage flexibility in...

Growth Dynamics

Growth Dynamics »

Article

Source: Growth Dynamics : The Myth of Economic Recovery

Volume/Issue: 2005/147

Series: IMF Working Papers

Author(s): Sweta Saxena , and Valerie Cerra

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 01 July 2005

ISBN: 9781451861662

Keywords: Growth, Output Loss, Recovery, Crises, Wars, recession, growth rate, growth rates, financial crises, Economic Growth of Open Economies

Using panel data for a large number of countries, we find that economic contractions are not followed by offsetting fast recoveries. Trend output lost is not regained, on average. Wars, crises, and other negative s...

Eurosclerosis or Financial Collapse

Eurosclerosis or Financial Collapse »

Article

Source: Eurosclerosis or Financial Collapse : Why Did Swedish Incomes Fall Behind?

Volume/Issue: 2005/29

Series: IMF Working Papers

Author(s): Valerie Cerra , and Sweta Saxena

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 01 February 2005

ISBN: 9781451860481

Keywords: Welfare State, Output Loss, unemployment, economic growth, per capita income, business cycle, Economywide Country Studies: Europe, Economic Growth of Open Economies, Structure, Scope

Sweden represents an archetypal welfare state economy, with extensive government safety nets. Some scholars have attributed a decline in its per capita income ranking since 1970 to "eurosclerosis" or sluggish growt...

Cross-Country Report on Inflation : Selected Issues

Cross-Country Report on Inflation : Selected Issues »

Journal Issue

Volume/Issue: 2015/184

Series: IMF Staff Country Reports

Author(s): International Monetary Fund. European Dept.

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 14 July 2015

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513525464.002

ISBN: 9781513525464

Keywords: inflation, external factors, core inflation, output gap, disinflation

This Selected Issues paper examines the causes and drivers of low inflation in European inflation targeting countries outside the euro area, focusing on the Czech Republic, Poland, Sweden, and Switzerland. It estim...

Alternative Methods of Estimating Potential Output and the Output Gap : An Application to Sweden

Alternative Methods of Estimating Potential Output and the Output Gap : An Application to Sweden »

Journal Issue

Volume/Issue: 2000/59

Series: IMF Working Papers

Author(s): Sweta Saxena , and Valerie Cerra

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Publication Date: 01 March 2000

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451847932.001

ISBN: 9781451847932

Keywords: Business Cycles, Output Gap, Potential Output, Detrending, Production Function, Vector Autoregression, Unobserved Components Models, nairu, equation, time series

This paper reviews a number of different methods that can be used to estimate potential output and the output gap. Measures of potential output and the output gap are useful to help identify the scope for sustainab...