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Evidence indicates that an unexpected reduction in the economic policy uncertainty lowers inflation expectations. We perform a counterfactual analysis to determine what would have happened to inflation expectations when the exchange rate, economic growth and consumer price inflation channels are shut off in transmitting unexpected reduction in economic policy uncertainty. The actual inflation expectations decline more than the counterfactual reaction. This suggests that an exchange rate appreciation and reduction in the consumer price inflation, following an unexpected reduction in the economic policy uncertainty, lead to further reduction in the inflation expectations. This suggests that an unexpected reduction in the economic policy uncertainty directly lowers inflation expectations and may lead to anchoring of inflation expectations.
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And these studies indicate that monetary policy appears to face a trade-off between responding to the state of the economy and to long-run inflation expectations. This is because the unexpected increase in economic policy uncertainty leads central banks to lower interest rates strongly. They suggest this resembles the response of a central bank that follows a typical Taylor rule, accommodating the economy in response to falling output and prices.
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Ndou, E., Mokoena, T. (2019). Does an Unexpected Reduction in Economic Policy Uncertainty Impact Inflation Expectations?. In: Inequality, Output-Inflation Trade-Off and Economic Policy Uncertainty . Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19803-9_34
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