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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gelos, R.
Other Authors: Ustyugova, Yulia
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2012/225
Online Access:Full text available on IMF