The Great Recession and the Inflation Puzzle
IMF Working Papers, May 22, 2013
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- Authors: Troy D Matheson, Emil Stavrev
- Published: May 22, 2013
- Series: IMF Working Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484334720.001
Summary and key findings
- Notwithstanding persistently-high unemployment following the Great Recession, inflation in the United States has been remarkably stable.
- A traditional Phillips curve describes the behavior of inflation reasonably well since the 1960s.
- Using a non-linear Kalman filter that allows for time-varying parameters, the study finds three factors that have contributed to the observed stability of inflation:
- inflation expectations have become better anchored and to a lower level;
- the slope of the Phillips curve has flattened; and
- the importance of import-price inflation has increased.
Methodology
- Model/framework: Traditional Phillips curve evaluated with time-varying parameters.
- Estimation technique: Non-linear Kalman filter that allows for time-varying parameters.
Authors and publication specifics
- Authors: Troy D Matheson, Emil Stavrev
- Publication date: May 22, 2013
- Series: Working Paper No. 2013/124
- Issue: 124
- Volume: 2013
- Pages: 12
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484334720.001
- Stock No: WPIEA2013124
- ISBN: 9781484334720
- ISSN: 1018-5941
Subjects and keywords
- Subjects: Financial crises, Global financial crisis of 2008-2009, Hyperinflation, Import prices, Inflation, Labor, Prices, Unemployment, Unemployment rate
- Keywords: Global financial crisis of 2008-2009, Hyperinflation, Import prices, import-price inflation, Inflation, inflation expectation, inflation in the United States, inflation puzzle, Phillips Curve, Unemployment, Unemployment rate, WP, year-over-year headline CPI inflation
IMF Working Papers — "The Great Recession and the Inflation Puzzle" by Troy D Matheson and Emil Stavrev, May 22, 2013 (Working Paper No. 2013/124; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484334720.001).