420 Results for “inflation”
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Demystifying Monetary Finance
Aug 17, 2016
The debate about so-called helicopter money is burdened by deep fears and unnecessary confusions: some worry that monetary finance is bound to produce hyperinflation; others argue that, in terms of increasing demand and inflation, it would be no more effective than current policies. Both cannot be right.
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Progressive Neoliberalism: Biden’s Economics, Distribution, and Inflation
Sep 30, 2021
What does Biden’s economic policy mean for the future?
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The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA): A Brief Assessment
Sep 15, 2022
Servaas Storm’s commentary for an INET symposium on the Inflation Reduction Act
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6 Economic Experts Reveal the Truth About the Inflation Reduction Act
Aug 30, 2022
Is it good for your wallet? A climate bill in disguise? Landmark action or nothingburger? Economic experts assess the Democrats’ legislative victory for the Institute for New Economic Thinking.
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The New York Times cites Servaas Storm’s INET Working Paper on Bernanke and Blanchard’s Inflation Explanation
Apr 12, 2024
Peter Coy, in an OpEd for the New York Times, cited Servaas Storm’s INET working paper criticizing Bernanke and Blanchard’s inflation explanation.
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Working PaperInflation in the Time of Corona and War: The Plight of the Developing Economies
Nov 2022
Fears of ‘stagflation’ have come back to haunt macroeconomic policy makers all over the globe
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Working PaperMyth and Reality in the Great Inflation Debate: Supply Shocks and Wealth Effects in a Multipolar World Economy
Jan 2023
A critical reappraisal of the case in favor of monetary tightening pressed by inflation hawks is overdue.
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Working PaperWhy The Monetary Policy Framework in Advanced Countries Needs Fundamental Reform
Aug 2023
Monetary policy should be guided much more by financial sector developments and much less by near-term targets for inflation.
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Working PaperTilting at Windmills: Bernanke and Blanchard’s Obsession with the Wage-Price Spiral
Apr 2024
How convincing is the model analysis by Bernanke and Blanchard? How empirically relevant are their mechanisms causing inflation – and how robust and plausible are their econometric findings?
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Blanchard, the NAIRU, and Economic Policy in the Eurozone
Mar 31, 2016
A recent policy brief by Blanchard (2016), based on an earlier paper (Blanchard, Cerutti, Summers 2015) raises a number of interesting points concerning the NAIRU and the Phillips Curve, which are further discussed in the comment on the paper by Ball (2015).
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Oil Prices, Oil Profits, Speculation, and Inflation
Jun 26, 2023
The role of speculation in the crude oil market in the increase in the WTI crude oil price.
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Long-Term Unemployment Is Reversible
Apr 26, 2021
Contrary to the New Keynesian paradigm, long-term unemployment can be reversed without a significant uptick in inflation
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Experts on Inflation: Prognosis, Political Fallout and Who’s Really to Blame
Nov 18, 2021
Economists Claudia Sahm, Servaas Storm, and Pia Malaney share their views on the problem that has everyone freaking out. Here’s what it all means for your pocketbook – and your democracy.
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How Corporations “Get Away With Murder” to Inflate Prices on Rent, Food, and Electricity
Oct 19, 2022
Antitrust expert Hal Singer shows how big businesses in certain industries are taking advantage of inflation worries to jack up prices far beyond their cost increases, all the while raking in robber-baron profits.
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How to Fix Monetary Policy in Advanced Countries
Aug 14, 2023
The monetary policies of major central banks in advanced economies have had negative consequences and thus need to be fixed