E32 - Business Fluctuations; Cycles

• The Macroeconomic Effects of Non-Zero Trend Inflation

  Staff Working Paper 2006-34 Robert Amano, Steve Ambler, Nooman Rebei

  The authors study the macroeconomic effects of non-zero trend inflation in a simple dynamic stochastic general-equilibrium model with sticky prices.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Research Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, Economic models, Inflation and prices, Inflation targets JEL Code(s): E, E2, E24, E3, E32

• Are Average Growth Rate and Volatility Related?

  Staff Working Paper 2006-24 Partha Chatterjee, Malik Shukayev

  The empirical relationship between the average growth rate and the volatility of growth rates, both over time and across countries, has important policy implications, which depend critically on the sign of the relationship.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Research Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles JEL Code(s): E, E3, E32

• The Welfare Implications of Inflation versus Price-Level Targeting in a Two-Sector, Small Open Economy

  Staff Working Paper 2006-12 Eva Ortega, Nooman Rebei

  The authors analyze the welfare implications of simple monetary policy rules in the context of an estimated model of a small open economy for Canada with traded and non-traded goods, and with sticky prices and wages.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Research Topic(s): Economic models, Exchange rates, Inflation targets JEL Code(s): E, E3, E31, E32, E5, E52

• Monetary Policy in an Estimated DSGE Model with a Financial Accelerator

  Staff Working Paper 2006-9 Ian Christensen, Ali Dib

  The authors estimate a sticky-price dynamic stochastic general-equilibrium model with a financial accelerator, à la Bernanke, Gertler, and Gilchrist (1999), to assess the importance of financial frictions in the amplification and propagation of the effects of transitory shocks.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Research Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, Econometric and statistical methods, Economic models JEL Code(s): E, E3, E32, E37, E4, E44

• Forecasting Canadian Time Series with the New Keynesian Model

  Staff Working Paper 2006-4 Ali Dib, Mohamed Gammoudi, Kevin Moran

  The authors document the out-of-sample forecasting accuracy of the New Keynesian model for Canada.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Research Topic(s): Business fluctuations and cycles, Econometric and statistical methods, Economic models JEL Code(s): C, C1, C12, E, E3, E32, E37