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Inflation Research, Microeconomic Analysis

Chicago Fed Letter

Economy on cruise control through 2007 (Special Issue)
Emily Engel   William A. Strauss  
Aug 2006
Thirteenth Annual Automotive Outlook Symposium

Trends in real wage growth
Daniel G. Sullivan  
Mar 1997


Economic Perspectives

Unemployment and wage growth: recent cross-state evidence
Daniel Aaronson   Daniel G. Sullivan  
2000 Vol.24


Working Papers

Rigid Prices: Evidence from U.S. Scanner Data (REVISED April, 2007)
Jeffrey R. Campbell   Benjamin Eden  
Oct 2005


Constructing the Chicago Fed Income Based Economic Index–Consumer Price Index: Inflation (REVISED November, 2006)
Leslie McGranahan   Anna Paulson  
Nov 2005


Real Exchange Rate Fluctuations and the Dynamics of Retail Trade Industries on the U.S.-Canada Border
Jeffrey R. Campbell   Beverly Lapham  
2002


How do retail prices react to minimum wage increases?
Daniel Aaronson   James MacDonald  
2000


Price pass-through and minimum wages
Daniel Aaronson  
1997


Inflation Research, Macroeconomic Analysis

Chicago Fed Letter

The cost of uncertainty
Francesca Eugeni   Steven Strongin  
Mar 1991


Fuel and food: The good, the bad, and the long-run
Jack L. Hervey  
July 1989


Why is inflation so low?
Ellen Rissman  
Aug 1988


Economic Perspectives

An alternative measure of inflation
François Velde  
2006 Vol.30


Testing the Calvo model of sticky prices
Martin Eichenbaum   Jonas D. M. Fisher  
2003 Vol.27


Inflation and monetary policy in the twentieth century
Lawrence J. Christiano   Terry J. Fitzgerald  
2003 Vol.27


Is the EMU a viable common currency area? a VAR analysis of regional business cycles
Michael Kouparitsas  
1999 Vol.23


The Business Cycle: It's Still a Puzzle
Lawrence J. Christiano   Terry J. Fitzgerald  
1998 Vol.22


Identification and the liquidity effect: A case study
Lawrence J. Christiano  
1996 Vol.20


Temporal instability of the unemployment-inflation
Robert G. King   James H. Stock   Mark W. Watson  
1995 Vol.19


Sectoral wage growth and inflation
Ellen Rissman  
1995 Vol.19


Long-run labor market dynamics and short-run
Jeffrey R. Campbell   Ellen Rissman  
1994 Vol.18


Does inflation reduce productivity?
Kenneth N. Kuttner   Argia Sbordone  
1994 Vol.18


Capacity utilization and inflation
Thomas Gittings  
1989 Vol.13


Real boats rock: Monetary policy and real business cycles
Steven Strongin  
1988 Vol.12


The relationship of money and income: The breakdowns in the 70s and 80s
Diane Siegel  
1986 Vol.10


Interest rate volatility in historical perspective
Harvey Rosenblum   Steven Strongin  
1983 Vol.7


Interest rates and inflation
John H. Wood  
1981 Vol.5


Working Papers

Investment Shocks and Business Cycles
Alejandro Justiniano   Giorgio E. Primiceri   Andrea Tambalotti  
July 2008


Global Inflation
Matteo Ciccarelli   Benoît Mojon  
2008


How Professional Forecasters View Shocks to GDP
Spencer Krane  
Nov 2006


Firm-Specific Capital, Nominal Rigidities and the Business Cycle
David Altig   Lawrence J. Christiano   Martin Eichenbaum   Jesper Linde  
Jan 2005


Evaluating the Calvo Model of Sticky Prices
Martin Eichenbaum   Jonas D. M. Fisher  
Dec 2003


Nominal Rigidities and the Dynamic Effects of a Shock to Monetary Policy
Lawrence J. Christiano   Martin Eichenbaum   Charles L. Evans  
Sept 2001


Is the United States an optimum currency area? An empirical analysis of regional business cycles
Michael Kouparitsas  
2001


The Role of Real Wages, Productivity, and Fiscal Policy in Germany’s Great Depression 1928-1937
Jonas D. M. Fisher   Andreas Hornstein  
2001


On the Fiscal Implications of Twin Crises
Craig Burnside   Martin Eichenbaum   Sergio Rebelo  
2001


Recent evidence on the relationship between unemployment and wage growth
Daniel Aaronson   Daniel G. Sullivan  
2000


Data revisions and the identification of monetary policy shocks
Dean Croushore   Charles L. Evans  
2000


What can account for fluctuations in the terms of trade?
Marianne Baxter   Michael Kouparitsas  
2000


Monetary policy shocks: What have we learned and to what end?
Lawrence J. Christiano   Martin Eichenbaum   Charles L. Evans  
1997


Money, sticky wages and the Great Depression
Michael D. Bordo   Christopher J. Erceg   Charles L. Evans  
1997


Sticky price and limited participation models of money: A comparison
Lawrence J. Christiano   Martin Eichenbaum   Charles L. Evans  
1996


Inflation Research, Policy

Chicago Fed Letter

What’s a penny (or a nickel) really worth? (Special Issue)
François Velde  
Feb 2007


Reflections on monetary policy: Flexibility, transparency, and inflation
Michael H. Moskow  
Sept 2006


Fiscal policy and price stability: The case of Italy, 1992–98
Marco Bassetto  
Dec 2006


2005 Conference on Price Stability: A summary (Special Issue)
Jonas D. M. Fisher   Spencer Krane  
Dec 2006
2005 Inflation Research Center Conference on Price Stability

The monetary base as an indicator of policy
Robert D. Laurent  
Dec 1995


The dollar and the federal funds rate
Charles L. Evans  
Aug 1994


Services also slow down
Steven Strongin  
Aug 1990


Economic Perspectives

Seasonal monetary policy
Marcelo Veracierto  
2005 Vol.29


Poor hand or poor play? the rise and fall of inflation in the U.S.
François Velde  
2004 Vol.28


The optimal price of money
Pedro Teles  
2003 Vol.27


Following the yellow brick road: How the United States adopted the gold standard
François Velde  
2002 Vol.26


Dollarization in Argentina
François Velde   Marcelo Veracierto  
2000 Vol.24


The Expectations Trap Hypothesis
Lawrence J. Christiano   Christopher J. Gust  
2000 Vol.24


Lessons from the history of money
François Velde  
1998 Vol.22


Interest rate shocks and the dollar
Charles L. Evans  
1994 Vol.18


Real boats rock: Monetary policy and real business cycles
Steven Strongin  
1988 Vol.12


An interest rate-based indicator of monetary policy
Robert D. Laurent  
1988 Vol.12


Looking back: The use of interest rates in monetary policy
Larry R. Mote  
1988 Vol.12


M1: The ever-changing past
Diane Siegel   Steven Strongin  
1986 Vol.10


Can the monetary models be fixed?
Diane Siegel   Steven Strongin  
1986 Vol.10


The right rabbit: Which intermediate target should the Fed pursue?
Gillian Garcia  
1984 Vol.8


Working Papers

Monetary Policy with State Contingent Interest Rates
Bernardino Adão   Isabel Correia   Pedro Teles  
Nov 2004


Monetary Policy with Single Instrument Feedback Rules
Bernardino Adão   Isabel Correia   Pedro Teles  
Nov 2004


Nominal Debt as a Burden on Monetary Policy
Javier Díaz-Giménez   Giorgia Giovannetti   Ramon Marimon   Pedro Teles  
July 2004


Optimal Fiscal and Monetary Policy: Equivalence Results
Isabel Correia   Juan Paolo Nicolini   Pedro Teles  
2002


Monetary Policy in a Financial Crisis
Lawrence J. Christiano   Christopher J. Gust   Jorge Roldos  
2002


Expectation Traps and Monetary Policy
Stefania Albanesi   V. V. Chari   Lawrence J. Christiano  
2002


The Optimal Mix of Taxes on Money, Consumption and Income
Fiorella De Fiore   Pedro Teles  
2002


Taylor rules in a limited participation Model
Lawrence J. Christiano   Christopher J. Gust  
1999


Can VARs describe monetary policy?
Charles L. Evans   Kenneth N. Kuttner  
1998


Inflation Research, Forecasting

Chicago Fed Letter

Economic Outlook Symposium: Summary of 2006 results and forecasts for 2007
Emily Engel   William A. Strauss  
Feb 2007


Economic Outlook Symposium: Summary of 2005 results and forecasts for 2006
Emily Engel   William A. Strauss  
Mar 2006
2005 Economic Outlook Symposium

Economic Outlook Symposium: Summary of 2004 results and forecasts for 2005 (Special Issue)
Emily Engel   William A. Strauss  
Feb 2005


Forecasting Inflation with a lot of Data
Jonas D. M. Fisher  
Mar 2000


The ups and downs of commodity price indexes
Francesca Eugeni   Joel T. Krueger  
Dec 1994


Economic Perspectives

Are inflation targets good inflation forecasts?
Marie Diron   Benoît Mojon  
2008 Vol.32


Consumption-based macroeconomic forecasting
Jeffrey R. Campbell   Spencer Krane  
2005 Vol.29


In search of a robust inflation forecast
Scott Brave   Jonas D. M. Fisher  
2004 Vol.28


The 2001 recession and the Chicago Fed National Activity Index: Identifying business cycle turning points
Charles L. Evans   Chin Te Liu   Genevieve Pham-Kanter  
2002 Vol.26


When can we forecast inflation?
Jonas D. M. Fisher   Chin Te Liu   Ruilin Zhou  
2002 Vol.26


A policymakers' guide to economic forecasts
Paula Binkley   Steven Strongin  
1988 Vol.12


The current FRB Chicago—Gittings model
Thomas Gittings   Steven Strongin  
1986 Vol.10


Working Papers

Chronicles of a Deflation Unforetold
François Velde  
Nov 2006


Inflation Research, Financial Analysis

Chicago Fed Letter

Explaining recent changes in home prices
Richard J. Rosen  
July 2005


Whither the Stock Market?
David Marshall  
Aug 1998


Economic Perspectives

The great turn-of-the-century housing boom
Jonas D. M. Fisher   Saad Quayyum  
2006 Vol.30


Monetary policy shocks and long-term interest rates
Wendy Edelberg   David Marshall  
1996 Vol.20


Working Papers

Chronicles of a Deflation Unforetold
François Velde  
Nov 2006


Asset price fluctuation and price indices
Shigenori Shiratsuka  
1999


Monetary policy and the term structure of nominal interest rates: Evidence and theory
Charles L. Evans   David Marshall  
1997


Expectation traps and discretion
V. V. Chari   Lawrence J. Christiano   Martin Eichenbaum  
1996


 
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