Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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967240 | Journal of Monetary Economics | 2007 | 27 Pages |
Abstract
Using survey data on expectations, we examine whether the response of monetary policy to sudden movements in expected inflation contributed to the persistent high inflation of the 1970s. The evidence suggests that, prior to 1979, the Fed accommodated temporary shocks to expected inflation, which then led to persistent increases in actual inflation. We do not find this behavior in the post-1979 data. Among commonly cited factors, oil and fiscal shocks do not appear to have triggered an increase in expected inflation that eventually resulted in higher actual inflation.
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Authors
Sylvain Leduc, Keith Sill, Tom Stark,