Inflation Dynamics in Mongolia: Understanding the Roller Coaster

By Julia Bersch, Steven A Barnett, Yasuhisa Ojima

July 1, 2012

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Julia Bersch, Steven A Barnett, and Yasuhisa Ojima. Inflation Dynamics in Mongolia: Understanding the Roller Coaster, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2012) accessed December 26, 2024

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Summary

Inflation in Mongolia resembles a roller coaster ride with sharp rises and steep drops. Understanding why is critical for formulating and assessing monetary policy. Food prices are found to be a key driver of inflation, and, not surprising given Mongolia’s geography, are determined primarily by local supply conditions, highly seasonal, and subject to large but short-lived shocks (usually weather related). Nonetheless, demand factors are also found to be significant in explaining price movements and empirical evidence suggests that a 10 percent increase in government wages, for example, would push up underlying inflation by 1 percentage point. So, while inflation will remain volatile due to agricultural shocks, there is space for macroeconomic stabilization policy to help reduce inflation volatility.

Subject: Consumer price indexes, Economic theory, Food prices, Inflation, Price controls, Prices, Supply shocks

Keywords: Consumer price indexes, Food inflation, Food price inflation, Food prices, Global, Inflation, Inflation dynamics, Inflation expectation, Inflation in Mongolia, Inflationary spiral, Mongolia, Price, Price controls, Supply shock, Supply shocks, Underlying inflation, WP

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21
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Working Paper No. 2012/192
Stock No:

WPIEA2012192
ISBN:

9781475505412
ISSN:

1018-5941

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