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The contribution of firm profits to the recent rise in inflation

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  • Bouras, Panagiotis
  • Bustamante, Christian
  • Guo, Xing
  • Short, Jacob

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We measure the contribution to inflation from the growth in markups of Canadian firms. The dynamics of inflation and markups suggest that changes in markups could account for less than one-tenth of inflation in 2021. Further, they suggest that peak inflation was driven primarily by changes in firms’ costs.

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  • Bouras, Panagiotis & Bustamante, Christian & Guo, Xing & Short, Jacob, 2023. "The contribution of firm profits to the recent rise in inflation," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 233(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:233:y:2023:i:c:s0165176523004755
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111449
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    1. Mr. Niels-Jakob H Hansen & Mr. Frederik G Toscani & Jing Zhou, 2023. "Euro Area Inflation after the Pandemic and Energy Shock: Import Prices, Profits and Wages," IMF Working Papers 2023/131, International Monetary Fund.
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    3. Panpan Zhu & Qingjie Zhou & Yinpeng Zhang, 2024. "Investor attention and consumer price index inflation rate: Evidence from the United States," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 11(1), pages 1-12, December.

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    JEL classification:

    • D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
    • D4 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design
    • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
    • L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms

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