Empirical estimates of changing inflation dynamics

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This paper provides an array of empirical evidence bearing on potentially important changes in the dynamics of U.S. inflation. We examine the overall performance of Phillips curves relative to some well-known benchmarks, the efficiency with which the Federal Reserve's Greenbook forecasts of inflation use real activity information, and shifts in the key determinants of the reduced-form triangle model” of inflation. We develop a structural model-based interpretation of observed reduced-form shifts and conduct a reduced-form assessment of the relationship between core and headline measures of inflation, centering on the persistent pass-through” of relative price changes into core and headline inflation measures, and a parallel exercise that examines the pass-through of key relative price changes into wage and compensation measures.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Papers ; No. 09-4

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Price Level; Inflation; Deflation ; Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles: Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications
• Subject: Phillips-Kurve ; New-Keynesian Phillips Curve ; Modell-Spezifikation ; Schätztheorie ; Theorie ; Schätzung ; USA

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Fuhrer, Jeff ; Olivei, Giovanni ; Tootell, Geoffrey M. B.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
• (where): Boston, MA
• (when): 2009

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/55611
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET