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Monetary Policy across Inflation Regimes

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Does the effect of monetary policy depend on the prevailing level of inflation? In order to answer this question, we construct a parsimonious nonlinear time series model that allows for inflation regimes. We find that the effects of monetary policy are markedly different when year-over-year inflation exceeds 5.5 percent. Below this threshold, changes in monetary policy have a short-lived effect on prices, but no effect on the unemployment rate, giving a potential explanation for the recent “soft landing” in the United States. Above this threshold, the effects of monetary policy surprises on both inflation and unemployment can be larger and longer lasting.

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  • Valeria Gargiulo & Christian Matthes & Katerina Petrova, 2024. "Monetary Policy across Inflation Regimes," Staff Reports 1083, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fednsr:97623
    DOI: 10.59576/sr.1083
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    Keywords

    monetary policy; shocks; inflation; regime-dependence; outliers; nonlinear time series models;
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    JEL classification:

    • C11 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Bayesian Analysis: General
    • C12 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Hypothesis Testing: General
    • C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes

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