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Inflation Determinants in Paraguay : Cost Push versus Demand Pull Factors /

This article uses two analytical methodologies to understand the dynamics of inflation in Paraguay, the mark-up theory of inflation and the monetary theory of inflation. We also study the impact of different monetary aggregates. The results suggest that monetary factors, in particular currency in ci...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Monfort, Brieuc
Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund
Other Authors: Peña, Santiago
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
©2008
Series:IMF Working Papers.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • I. Introduction; II. Measuring Inflation; A. Headline Inflation; B. Core Inflation Measures; C. Properties of Inflation Indicators; III. Analytical and Empirical Set-Up; A. Inflation as a Mark-Up Over Costs; B. Inflation as the Result of Excess Money Supply; C. Econometric Methodology; IV. Mark-Up Theory of Inflation; V. Monetary Theory of Inflation; A. The Demand for Currency; B. The Demand for Narrow Money and Broad Money; C. Why Has Inflation and Picked Up with High Monetary Growth?; VI. Short-Term Determinants of Inflation; A. Short-Term Dynamics; B. Dynamic Contributions.
  • VII. Summary and ConclusionReferences; Annexes; I. Inflation in Selection of Latin American Countries Since 1950; II. Micro Level Analysis of Prices; III. The New Consumer Price Index; IV. Food Inflation in Latin America; V. Data Issues and Database Used in Econometric Analysis; VI. Econometric Results.