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Some comparative evidence on the effectiveness of inflation targeting

Does the adoption of an inflation target by a country have an effect on that country's rate of inflation and on inflation's interaction with real economic variables? Does inflation targeting alter private-sector expectations? The question of effectiveness must be posed as a counterfactual -did target adopting countries find economic benefits they would not have found had they not targeted? We offer three sets of measurements of the effect of inflation targeting: the first concerning whether the disinflation has been achieved at lower cost, or whether inflation has come down in targeters to a ...
Research Paper , Paper 9714

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Assessing recent trends in manufacturing

Research Paper , Paper 9409

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Currency composition of developing country debt: the impact of dollar depreciation

Research Paper , Paper 8702

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Corporate leverage and taxes in the U.S. economy

Research Paper , Paper 9023

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Ongoing restructuring of retail banking

The largest U.S. commercial banks are currently in the process of restructuring their retail operations. This paper describes the innovations that are being adopted, explains the integrated strategies for restructuring, and reviews the policy issues that emerge. We find that banks are restructuring by developing complete customer-relationship profiles, switching over to remote electronic delivery channels (phone centers, home banking, and next-generation ATMs), relocating branches to large retail outlets, and redesigning selected branches as investment centers. The immediate goal of ...
Research Paper , Paper 9634

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Identification of a linear system from inexact data: a three variable example

Research Paper , Paper 8703

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Margin requirements, volatility, and the transitory component of stock prices

Research Paper , Paper 8818

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Asset market hangovers and economic growth: U.S. housing markets

This paper presents evidence that speculative bubbles can have sizeable effects on house prices, and on housing investment. We infer that deviations of asset prices from fundamental values may have serious consequences for real activity, and explore some policy implications. The analysis relies on a panel of U.S. state-level data covering 1973-1996.
Research Paper , Paper 9801

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Exchange rate dynamics and speculator behavior

Research Paper , Paper 9222

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