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  "title": "Global Value Chain and Inflation Dynamics",
  "publication": "IMF Working Papers, March 22, 2024",
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  "summary": "We study the inflationary impacts of pandemic lockdown shocks and fiscal and monetary stimulus during 2020-2022 using a novel harmonized dataset of sectoral producer price inflation and input-output linkages for more than 1000 sectors in 53 countries.",
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      "heading": "Data and Methodology",
      "content": "- Novel harmonized dataset of sectoral producer price inflation and input-output linkages for more than 1000 sectors in 53 countries.\n- Identification strategy: Bartik shift-share design, where shares reflect heterogeneous sectoral exposure to shocks and are derived from a macroeconomic model of international production network."
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      "heading": "Key Findings",
      "content": "- Pandemic lockdowns, and subsequent reopening policies, were the most dominant driver of global inflation during 2020-2022, especially through their impact on aggregate demand.\n- Between 20-30 percent of the demand effect of lockdown/reopening is due to spillover from abroad.\n- Fiscal and monetary policies played an important role in preventing deflation in 2020, but their effects diminished in the recovery years."
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      "content": "- Demand-side disruptions from lockdowns and reopenings can transmit internationally through global value chains; cross-border spillovers account for 20-30 percent of the demand effect.\n- While timely fiscal and monetary stimulus helped avert deflation in 2020, reliance on these policies may yield diminishing returns during subsequent recovery phases.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Working Paper\n  - Working Paper (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Working Paper (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2024/03/22/global-value-chain-and-inflation-dynamics-546651"
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    "Authors: Vu Chau, . Marina Conesa Martinez, Taehoon Kim, John A Spray",
    "Published: March 22, 2024",
    "Series: IMF Working Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400268847.001",
    "Novel harmonized dataset of sectoral producer price inflation and input-output linkages for more than 1000 sectors in 53 countries.",
    "Identification strategy: Bartik shift-share design, where shares reflect heterogeneous sectoral exposure to shocks and are derived from a macroeconomic model of international production network.",
    "Pandemic lockdowns, and subsequent reopening policies, were the most dominant driver of global inflation during 2020-2022, especially through their impact on aggregate demand.",
    "Between 20-30 percent of the demand effect of lockdown/reopening is due to spillover from abroad.",
    "Fiscal and monetary policies played an important role in preventing deflation in 2020, but their effects diminished in the recovery years.",
    "Demand-side disruptions from lockdowns and reopenings can transmit internationally through global value chains; cross-border spillovers account for 20-30 percent of the demand effect.",
    "While timely fiscal and monetary stimulus helped avert deflation in 2020, reliance on these policies may yield diminishing returns during subsequent recovery phases.",
    "**Working Paper**"
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