Deputy Division Chief of the IMF’s World Economic Studies Division, to discuss key issues such as inflation, interest rate policies, and the economic outlook for emerging markets. Natal explained the factors contributing to persistent inflation in the service sector post...
Periods of deflation and stagflation are relatively rare in modern history. Inflation is more common and can be a problem when prices rise too rapidly relative to incomes because household budgets can get squeezed. At the same time, higher inflation can lead to higher interest rates and opportunit...
Deputy Division Chief of the IMF’s World Economic Studies Division, to discuss key issues such as inflation, interest rate policies, and the economic outlook for emerging markets. Natal explained the factors contributing to persistent inflation in the service sector post...
Deputy Division Chief of the IMF’s World Economic Studies Division, to discuss key issues such as inflation, interest rate policies, and the economic outlook for emerging markets. Natal explained the factors contributing to persistent inflation in the service sector post...
We examine whether the observed negative relations between real estate investment trust (REIT) returns and inflation can be explained by the inflation illusion. We identify the mispricing component in REIT prices based on present value models, both linear and loglinear, and then we investigate ...
C Inflation(通货膨胀) is the word on everyone's lips, as our coffers (金库) take a hit and prices seem to rise constantly.Meanwhile, inflation remains stubbornly high in many developed economies despite the interest rate rises designed to bring prices down. The latest figures for the U.K....
U.S. job growthunexpectedly accelerated in July, defying fears of a slowdown in hiring even as the labor market confronts the twin threats of inflation and rising interest rates.
This paper applies a recently developed method (Inoue and Rossi, 2021) to estimate functional inflation expectations and ex-ante real interest rate shocks,
The optimal inflation rate increases the more numerous are the highly indebted countries in the union, the higher are the interest rates on the risk free capital and the smaller are the interest rates on nominal bonds in the fiscally weak countries. Besides, the weight of unproductive public ...
High interest rates makeborrowingless attractive. As a result, consumers become less likely to make large purchases or take out credit. The lack of spending equates to lower demand, which helps to keep prices stable and prevent inflation. ...