Regime Dependence, Common Shocks and the Inflation-Relative Price Variability Relation

Tomás Castagnino and Laura D´Amato (ldamato@bcra.gov.ar)
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Tomás Castagnino: Central Bank of Argentina
Laura D´Amato: Central Bank of Argentina
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Laura Inés D'Amato (laura.damato@gmail.com)

No 200838, BCRA Working Paper Series from Central Bank of Argentina, Economic Research Department

Abstract: Using frequency domain techniques to separate short and long run dynamics and decomposing inflation into its common and idiosyncratic components, we study the regime dependence of the inflation-RPV relation in Argentina and the USA. Under High inflation, strong long-run comovement between RPV and inflation is found for both economies, that extends to the short run adding extra noise to that usually present at high frequencies. High inflation also leads to ideosyncratic movements in prices that do not cancel out, adding persistence to the process. When inflation is low, no long-run interaction between variables is expected. This is the case of the US, even though supply shocks are comparable to those of the seventies when trend inflation was high. Surprisingly, the findings for Argentina do not support the a-priori as both variables show significant long term comovement. Studying disaggregate price responses to common shocks helps to understand sectoral pattens behind these dynamics. Our results suggest that long run variablity in inflation can be induced, not only by a high trend inflation, but also by policy stabilization efforts based on relative price adjustments.

Keywords: Argentina; common shocks; frequency domain analysis; inflation; monetary policy; regime; relative prices (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C22 C43 E31 E52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 38 pages
Date: 2008-09
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