Inflation Uncertainty at Short and Long Horizons: Turkey

Short and Long Run Uncertainty Short and Long Run Uncertainty

Uncertainty appears to have both a short-run and a long-run component, which we measure using rm and macro implied volatility data from options of 30 days to 10 years duration. We ask what may be driving uncertainty over these di erent time horizons, nding that oil price volatility is particularly important for short-run uncertainty, policy uncertainty is particularly important for long-run unc...

The Relation Between Inflation and Inflation Uncertainty In Iran

Short- and Long-Run Uncertainty

Uncertainty appears to have both a short-run and a long-run component, which we measure using firm and macro implied volatility data from 30 days to 10 years duration. Examining a panel of over 4,000 firms from 1996 to 2013 we find that investment is significantly more sensitive to long-run uncertainty, while employment responds equally to shortand long-run uncertainty. We build a model to inve...

Monetary Policy, Nominal Interest Rates, and Long-horizon Inflation Uncertainty

Empirical evidence presented in this paper shows that the predictability of inflation at long horizons varies considerably across countries. Both simple theory and empirical evidence suggest that the crucial factor is the extent to which systematic monetary policy succeeds in stabilising the incipient unit root in inflation. The mechanism by which it does this appears however to be complicated ...

Inflation, Inflation Uncertainty and Output in Tunisia

Reply : We think that the Tunisian case is also interesting for a broad audience. Tunisia has made important progress over the last decade toward establishing a sound bank intermediation, deepening its financial market, mobilizing domestic financing, and using indirect market-based monetary policy instruments. Monetary policy is useful to obtain a stable macroeconomic environment in favor of a ...