Has the inflation process changed? : Selective review of recent research on inflation dynamics / by Oleksiy Kryvtsov and James MacGee.: FB3-6/2020-11E-PDF

"For most of 2011-19, inflation in Canada and advanced economies registered below inflation targets. This has spurred a debate on whether "lowflation" is a temporary phenomenon or rather a sign of a fundamental change in inflation behaviour—in Canada and globally. So far, we know little. Global factors—changes in the price of oil and shifts in trade due to globalization—can only explain a portion of the fluctuations in domestic inflation. Emerging survey data are showing that inflation expectations of managers and households behave very differently from model expectations based on full information and rational behaviour. Recent surveys using randomized control trials reveal that changes in monetary or fiscal policies may lead to unexpected responses of inflation expectations and firm behaviour. Changes in the markets for consumer goods raise the need for us to rethink the methods for measuring inflation. We discuss the questions that these observations bring up for central bankers"--Abstract, page ii.

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Department/Agency Bank of Canada, issuing body.
Title Has the inflation process changed? : Selective review of recent research on inflation dynamics / by Oleksiy Kryvtsov and James MacGee.
Series title Staff discussion paper = Document d'analyse du personnel, 1914-0568 ; 2020-11
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) "Last updated: November 27, 2020."
Includes bibliographical references.
Includes abstracts in English and French.
Publishing information Ottawa, Ontario, Canada : Bank of Canada = Banque du Canada, 2020.
©2020
Author / Contributor Kryvtsov, Oleksiy, author.
Description 1 online resource (ii, 20 pages) : colour illustrations.
Catalogue number
  • FB3-6/2020-11E-PDF
Subject terms Inflation (Finance)
Inflation (Finance) -- Canada.
Inflation targeting.
Inflation targeting -- Canada.
Inflation.
Inflation -- Canada.
Ciblage d'inflation.
Ciblage d'inflation -- Canada.
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