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Global slack as a determinant of US inflation

In: Globalisation and inflation dynamics in Asia and the Pacific

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  • Enrique Martinez-Garcia

    (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas)

  • Mark A Wynne

    (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas)

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Resource utilization, or \\"slack,\\" is widely held to be an important determinant of inflation dynamics. As the world has become more globalized in recent decades, some have argued that the concept of slack that is relevant is global rather than domestic (the \\"global slack hypothesis\\"). This line of argument is consistent with standard New Keynesian theory. However, the empirical evidence is fragile, at best, possibly because of a disconnect between empirical and theory-consistent measures of output gaps.
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  • Enrique Martinez-Garcia & Mark A Wynne, 2013. "Global slack as a determinant of US inflation," BIS Papers chapters, in: Bank for International Settlements (ed.), Globalisation and inflation dynamics in Asia and the Pacific, volume 70, pages 93-98, Bank for International Settlements.
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