Re: Pure Inflation

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Posted by Winslow R. (71.138.60.22) on 11:24:44 11/29/07

In Reply to: Re: Pure Inflation posted by Warren Mosler

: In that model there is no 'money' as we know it, it's just an arbitrary numeraire. The elegant definition of 'inflation' i[s] functionally inapplicable, as is that definition in any context I can think of.

I interpret your comment as viewing the 'pure inflation model' being based on price changes in no particular currency.

The model is based on...
"Our data are the quarterly price changes in each of 187 sectors in the U.S.
personal consumption expenditures (PCE) category of the national income and product
accounts from 1959:1 to 2006:2."

The authors define changes in prices as having a relative-price component and a 'pure' price component.....
"But, in reality, there are many goods and prices, and there is an important
distinction between price changes that are equiproportional across all goods (absoluteprice
changes) and changes in the cost of some goods relative to others (relative-price
changes). The goal of this paper is to empirically separate these two sources of price
changes, and to investigate how they affect the key macroeconomic relations involving
inflation."

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: More generally, it corresponds to the famous thought experiment
: : that economists have used since Hume (1752): imagine that all prices increase in the
: : same proportion, but no relative price changes. "
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: : http://econ.ucsd.edu/seminars/0708seminars/rw_35.pdf
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Comments:	: : In that model there is no 'money' as we know it, it's just an arbitrary numeraire. The elegant definition of 'inflation' i[s] functionally inapplicable, as is that definition in any context I can think of. : : I interpret your comment as viewing the 'pure inflation model' being based on price changes in no particular currency. : : The model is based on... : "Our data are the quarterly price changes in each of 187 sectors in the U.S. : personal consumption expenditures (PCE) category of the national income and product : accounts from 1959:1 to 2006:2." : : The authors define changes in prices as having a relative-price component and a 'pure' price component..... : "But, in reality, there are many goods and prices, and there is an important : distinction between price changes that are equiproportional across all goods (absoluteprice : changes) and changes in the cost of some goods relative to others (relative-price : changes). The goal of this paper is to empirically separate these two sources of price : changes, and to investigate how they affect the key macroeconomic relations involving : inflation." : : : : : : : : : : : More generally, it corresponds to the famous thought experiment : : : that economists have used since Hume (1752): imagine that all prices increase in the : : : same proportion, but no relative price changes. " : : : : : : http://econ.ucsd.edu/seminars/0708seminars/rw_35.pdf : : :
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