The costs of deflations: a historical
perspective BIS (2015-03-24)
Concerns about deflation -
falling prices of goods and services - are rooted in the view that it is very
costly. We test the historical link between output growth and deflation in a
sample covering 140 years for up to 38 economies .. more |
Progress with structural reforms across the euro area and their possible
impacts ECB (2015-03-24)
Structural reforms have the potential to
substantially boost productivity and employment and to reinvigorate growth in
the euro area, while also improving the ability of countries to rapidly adjust
to shocks, reallocate resources .. more |
Exchange Rates, Interest Rates, and the Risk Premium NBER
(2015-03-24)
The well-known uncovered interest parity puzzle arises from
the empirical regularity that, among developed country pairs, the high interest
rate country tends to have high expected returns on its short term assets. At
the same tim .. more | |