Inflation Trends in Asia: Implications for Central Banks

Juan Angel Garcia, Aubrey Poon

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Abstract

Trend inflation estimates for 12 of the largest Asian economies over 1995-2018 over important insights on inflation dynamics and inflation expectations. The disinflationary shocks that hit the region since 2014 were partly transitory, but their effects have been different depending on the behaviour of trend inflation in each country. Countries with relatively high inflation (India, Philippines, Indonesia) benefited, and some were impacted very mildly (China, Taiwan, Hong Kong SAR, Malaysia). Among countries with inflation below target, in those with trend inflation low but constant (Australia, New Zealand) low inflation maybe lasting, but temporary, while those in which trend inflation has declined (South Korea, Thailand) risk low inflation to become entrenched and a de-anchoring of expectations. This diverse international evidence could over important lessons for monetary policy worldwide.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationFrankfurt am Main, Germany
Pages1-56
Number of pages56
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2019

Keywords

  • inflation
  • Asian economies
  • Global Financial Crisis (GFC)
  • trend inflation
  • monetary policy
  • disinflationary shocks
  • state space model
  • stochastic volatility
  • survey inflation expectations

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