UK inflation: Persistence, seasonality and monetary policy

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-44

  Osborn, Denise R ^a   Sensier, Marianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Monetary policy; Nonlinear models; Phillips curve; Seasonality; Structural break tests; UK inflation

Indexed keywords

INFLATION; MODELING; MONETARY POLICY; PERSISTENCE; SEASONALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 59049084649     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: 14679485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9485.2009.00471.x     Document Type: Article

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