Inflation responses to commodity price shocks : how and why do countries differ? /

This paper relates the inflationary impact of commodity price shocks across countries to a broad range of structural characteristics and policy frameworks over the period 2001-2010, using several approaches. The analysis suggests that economies with higher food shares in CPI baskets, fuel intensitie...

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Main Author: Gelos, Gaston.
Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Department.
Other Authors: Ustyugova, Yulia.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2012.
Series:IMF working paper ; WP/12/225.
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