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Has excess capacity abroad reduced U.S. inflationary pressures?

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  • James A. Orr

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This article examines whether the sizable amount of excess capacity abroad in recent years has eased U.S. inflationary pressures by keeping import prices from rising as fast as the prices of U.S.-produced goods. The analysis finds that overall import price growth has roughly kept pace with U.S. inflation because the effects of lower inflation abroad have been offset by exchange rate changes. In the case of Japan, dollar depreciation has rendered excess capacity basically ineffective against U.S. inflationary pressures.

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Article provided by Federal Reserve Bank of New York in its journal Quarterly Review.

Volume (Year): (1994)
Issue (Month): Sum ()
Pages: 101-106

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Handle: RePEc:fip:fednqr:y:1994:i:sum:p:101-106:n:v.19no.2

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Keywords: Industrial capacity ; Imports ; Inflation (Finance) ; Prices;

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Cited by:
  1. Enrique Martínez-García & Mark A. Wynne, 2012. "Global slack as a determinant of U.S. inflation," Globalization and Monetary Policy Institute Working Paper 123, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
  2. Carol Corrado & Joe Mattey, 1997. "Capacity Utilization," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 11(1), pages 151-167, Winter.
  3. Alessandro Calza, 2008. "Globalisation, domestic inflation and global output gaps - evidence from the euro area," Working Paper Series 890, European Central Bank.
  4. Enrique Martinez-Garcia & Mark A. Wynne, 2010. "The global slack hypothesis," Staff Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, issue Sep.
  5. Alessandro Calza, 2008. "Globalisation, domestic inflation and the global output gaps: evidence from the Euro era," Globalization and Monetary Policy Institute Working Paper 13, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

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