Israel’s Triumph over Inflation: The Long and Winding Road

Assaf Razin

No 11787, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: The paper gives an economic-history perspective of the long struggle with Inflation. It covers the early acceleration to three-digit levels, lasting 8 years; The stabilization program, based on political backing triggered sharp fall in inflationary expectation, and consequently to sharp inflation reduction to two- digit levels; The convergence to the advanced countries’ levels during the “great Moderation†; And Israel’ resistance to the deflation-depression forces that the 2008 crisis created. The emphasis is on the forces of globalization and the building of institutions, political, regulatory, financial, budget design, and monetary, which helped stabilize prices and output.

Keywords: Hyperinflation; Deflation-depression forces; Stabilization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E00 E6 F3 F38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-01
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