Volume 6, Issue 1 March 2010

Inflation Pressures and Monetary Policy in Global Economy

Abstract

What can estimated reduced-form inflation equations teach us regarding the role of global factors as determinants of inflation? Very little, according to modern monetary theory. I illustrate this claim by exploring the channels through which global factors influence inflation in the small open economy of Galí and Monacelli (2005).

Authors

  • Jordi Galí

JEL codes

  • E31
  • F41
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