American Economic Journal:
Macroeconomics
ISSN 1945-7707 (Print) | ISSN 1945-7715 (Online)
Inflation in the Great Recession and New Keynesian Models
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics
vol. 7,
no. 1, January 2015
(pp. 168–96)
Abstract
Several prominent economists have argued that existing DSGE models cannot properly account for the evolution of key macroeconomic variables during and following the recent Great Recession. We challenge this argument by showing that a standard DSGE model with financial frictions available prior to the recent crisis successfully predicts a sharp contraction in economic activity along with a protracted but relatively modest decline in inflation, following the rise in financial stress in 2008:IV. The model does so even though inflation remains very dependent on the evolution of economic activity and of monetary policy. (JEL E12, E31, E32, E37, E44, E52, G01)Citation
Del Negro, Marco, Marc P. Giannoni, and Frank Schorfheide. 2015. "Inflation in the Great Recession and New Keynesian Models." American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 7 (1): 168–96. DOI: 10.1257/mac.20140097Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- E12 General Aggregative Models: Keynes; Keynesian; Post-Keynesian
- E31 Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
- E32 Business Fluctuations; Cycles
- E37 Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles: Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications
- E44 Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
- E52 Monetary Policy
- G01 Financial Crises