Inflation Dynamic

<p>This book explains inflation dynamic using time series data from 1960 for 42 countries. These countries are different in every aspect historically culturally socially politically institutionally and economically. They are chosen on the basis of the data availability only and cover the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region Africa Asia the Caribbean Europe Australasia and the United States. </p><p>Inflation reached double digits in the developed countries in the 1970s and 80s and then central banks successfully stabilized it by anchoring inflation expectations for decades until now. Conditional on common and country-specific shocks such as oil price shocks financial and banking and political crises wars pandemics natural disasters etc. the book tests various theoretical models about the long and short run relationships between money and prices money growth and inflation money growth and real output expected inflation; the output gap fiscal policy and inflation using a number of parametric and non-parametric methods and pays attention to specifications and estimations problems. In addition it explains why policymakers in inflation – targeting countries e.g. the U.S. failed to anticipate the recent sudden rise in inflation. And it examines the fallibility of the Modern Monetary Theory’s policy prescription to reduce inflation by raising taxes. </p><p>This is a unique and innovative book which will find an audience among students academics researchers policy makers analysts in corporations private and central banks and international monetary institutions.</p>