Inflation
Bank of England survey shows drop in overall satisfaction
Inflation Attitudes Survey also shows gap between public perception and real rates
No, the markets are not in state of hysteria about US inflation
Brendan Brown, the chief economist at Mitsubishi UFJ, asks if fears of prices exploding in the US are as irrational as some suggest
Fed’s Evans states case for independence
Chicago Federal Reserve’s Charles Evans warns Congress risks fuelling inflation if limits placed on Fed independence
How do financial markets price new information?
European Central Bank research paper investigates the reception of public signals in financial market
Sweden’s Oberg says inflationary pressures not there
Sveriges Riksbank’s Svante Oberg says policy rate will remain low
Inflation forecasting for a changing world
Norges Bank develops new model suitable for real-time inflation forecasting
Canada’s Carney backs price-level target
Bank of Canada’s Mark Carney says maintaining economic stability may require rethink on monetary policy
UK delivers inflation surprise
United Kingdom’s July inflation figures show prices rose more than expected, but sharp decline predicted in coming months
Czech National Bank – Inflation Report
Czech National Bank says inflation will fall further but remain positive this year
RBA – Statement on Monetary Policy
Reserve Bank of Australia says economic conditions are improving in the latest Statement on Monetary Policy
Deflation risk and unemployment hit euro area
Euro-area inflation slumps as unemployment soars
New Keynesian Phillips Curves with wage rigidities
Bank of Canada applies structural inflation models with real wage rigidities to the domestic economy
UK inflation sinks below target
British price gauge falls below Bank of England’s target for first time in almost two years
NY Fed’s Dudley: central banks must look to lean against the wind
New York Federal Reserve president backs calls for central banks to counter bubbles
Weaker CBs must work harder in face of shock
Central banks with less credibility must work harder to combat a cost shock
Eurozone inflation negative for the first time
Euro-area inflation has headed below zero
Inflation targeting: lessons from the crisis
Spencer Dale, the chief economist at the Bank of England, has said inflation targeting should remain a mainstay of macroeconomic policymaking in Britain.
Cyprus's Orphanides on inflation targeting
Inflation targeting has had a positive influence on policy even among central banks that have chosen not to adopt it, Athanasios Orphanides, the governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus, has said.
Krugman hints at inflation remedy to fix crisis
Reducing the real value of debt burdens by stoking inflation is possibly the best bet to spur a global economic recovery, Paul Krugman, the Nobel laureate, said on Tuesday.
Inflation-targeting central banks communicate more
Central banks operating under inflation-targeting frameworks tend to provide more information than entities operating under other frameworks, a new paper from the Bank for International Settlements reveals.
Price-level targeting better than IT
Moving to price-level targeting from inflation targeting is welfare enhancing when imperfect credibility is short-lived, a new paper from the Bank of Canada posits.
Germany's Merkel attacks central banks
Angela Merkel, the chancellor of Germany, on Tuesday criticised the unconventional measures taken by central banks around the globe and called on them to revert to sane and independent monetary policy.
RBA hints at further easing
While it kept rates on hold for the time being, the Reserve Bank of Australia has dropped a strong hint that further rate cuts are on the way by suggesting that "scope remains for some further easing."
India's Subbarao: in crisis better to over-insure
It is safer, in crisis management, to err on the side doing too much rather than doing too little, said Duvvuri Subbarao, the governor of the Reserve Bank of India.