DP6834 Can the Facts of UK Inflation Persistence be Explained by Nominal Rigidity?

Author(s):	David Meenagh, Patrick Minford, Eric Nowell, Prakriti Sofat, Naveen Srinivasan
Publication Date:	May 2008
Keyword(s):	Inflation Persistence, Monetary Regime Shifts, New Classical, New Keynesian, Nominal Rigidity
JEL(s):	E31, E37
Programme Areas:	International Macroeconomics
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It has been widely argued that inflation persistence since WWII has been widespread and durable and that it can only be accounted for by models with a high degree of nominal rigidity. We examine UK post-war data where after confirming previous studies? findings of varying persistence due to changing monetary regimes, we find that models with little nominal rigidity are best equipped to explain it.