this paper estimates the determinants of inflation in iran using a linear and non- linear regression model over the period 1959-2008. in the model specification, the conventional variables (liquidity, production and exchange rate) as well as positive and negative oil revenue shocks, monetary disequilibrium, and demand gap are considered. the results show that nonlinear time series regression mo...

This paper attempts to evaluate the magnitude of the influence of relative price shifts on the overall inflation in Poland during the period of 1989 to 1997. For that purpose, the theoretical model has been employed that predicts a positive relationship between variance and skewness of the distribution of relative price changes and the general inflation rate. Regressions performed in the framew...

P rice-level stability is widely recognized as the principal goal of monetary policy (see, for example, Black 1990, Carlstrom and Gavin 1991, and Hoskins 1991). A program for price stability actually has two distinct objectives; achieving each objective has its own distinct benefits. The first objective is to reduce the expected rate of price inflation to zero. The second objective is to elimin...

There is widespread agreement that price stability (in practice, low and stable inflation) should be an objective of monetary policy. This agreement is reflected both in the mandates set for monetary policy by governments and in the practice of central banks. Several other important questions about the objectives for monetary policy are less settled: Should there be other objectives? If there a...

The study investigates the effect of macroeconomic determinants on the performance of the Indian Stock Market using monthly data over the period January 1991 to December 2011 for eight macroeconomic variables, namely, Interest Rate, Inflation, Exchange Rate, Index of Industrial Production, Money Supply, Gold Price, Silver Price & Oil Price, and two stock market indices namely Sensex and S&P CNX...

Using a nonparametric method to characterize Markovian operators, we describe the evolution of the short-run inflation processes among the EMU countries between 1996 and 2012. While a progressive clustering pattern can be outlined in the first half of the period showing that the monetary union makes price dynamics more homogeneous starting from 2004 an increase in price volatility makes the clu...

Theoretical models of the markup-inflation relationship focus on the markup of price on marginal costs in contrast with empirical models that typically focus on the markup on unit costs. Using nearly 50 years of quarterly United States data we identify a negative long-run relationship between inflation and the markup of price on unit costs on the one hand and with the markup on marginal costs o...

In theory, monetary policies that target the price level, as opposed to the inflation rate, should be highly effective at stabilizing the economy and avoiding deflation in the presence of the zero lower bound on nominal interest rates. With such a policy, if the short-term interest rate is constrained at zero and the inflation rate declines below its trend, the public expects that policy will e...

"When I was your age, I walked 20 miles uphill in the snow to get to school and a gallon of milk only cost a nickel/ Who doesn't remember grandparents and relatives sharing similar stories with us at family get-togethers? Today, a gallon of milk at the grocery store will cost more than a nickel, as will other goods that our grandparents paid considerably less for in their day. The overall rise ...