Volume/Issue: 2019/147
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Patrick Blagrave
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
July
2019
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498321761.001
ISBN: 9781498321761
Co-movement (synchronicity) in inflation rates among a set of 13 emerging and developing countries in Asia is shown to be strongest for the food component, partly due to common rainfall shocks-a result which the pa...
Volume/Issue: 2019/147
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Patrick Blagrave
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
July
2019
ISBN: 9781498321761
Co-movement (synchronicity) in inflation rates among a set of 13 emerging and developing countries in Asia is shown to be strongest for the food component, partly due to common rainfall shocks-a result which the pa...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Paul Cashin
, and
Rahul Anand
Publisher: Rawat Publications
Publication Date:
25
February
2016
ISBN: 9781513541259
The inflation-growth trade-off and the role of monetary policy in India have received renewed interest among policymakers and academics in recent years as persistently high inflation and weak growth happened...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Paul Cashin
, and
Rahul Anand
Publisher: Rawat Publications
Publication Date:
25
February
2016
ISBN: 9781513541259
Investigating the primary drivers of food price inflation in India is important given its high level and persistence. As Cecchetti (2007) argues, ignoring food and energy prices, particularly in recent times...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Paul Cashin
, and
Rahul Anand
Publisher: Rawat Publications
Publication Date:
25
February
2016
ISBN: 9781513541259
Persistent and elevated food inflation has presented challenges for monetary management in India. While it is a widely held view that central banks should only respond to changes in underlying core inflation...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Paul Cashin
, and
Rahul Anand
Publisher: Rawat Publications
Publication Date:
25
February
2016
ISBN: 9781513541259
Rapid growth in developing economies has led to an important decline in poverty both at the national level and, owing to the large size of China and India where growth has been especially rapid, globally. Ho...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Paul Cashin
, and
Rahul Anand
Publisher: Rawat Publications
Publication Date:
25
February
2016
ISBN: 9781513541259
Large fluctuations in commodity prices in recent years have renewed interest in optimal monetary policy to contain large and unexpected swings in domestic inflation. Figure 10.1 shows the evolution of world...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Paul Cashin
, and
Rahul Anand
Publisher: Rawat Publications
Publication Date:
25
February
2016
ISBN: 9781513541259
Inflation in India trended higher from the mid-2000s after being low for decades and below levels in other emerging markets. It reached 10–11 percent by 2008 and remained elevated for several years. Even tho...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Paul Cashin
, and
Rahul Anand
Publisher: Rawat Publications
Publication Date:
25
February
2016
ISBN: 9781513541259
Inflation management requires a clear understanding of the channels through which monetary policy affects the economy. As a demand management policy, the effectiveness of monetary policy in combating inflati...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Paul Cashin
, and
Rahul Anand
Publisher: Rawat Publications
Publication Date:
25
February
2016
ISBN: 9781513541259
This chapter analyzes the dynamics of food and nonfood inflation to assess the appropriateness of minimizing or excluding food inflation in measures of core inflation, particularly in developing economies su...
