Inflation Stabilisation and the Consumption of Durable Goods
解释高通胀国家在汇率锚定稳定计划中出现的耐用品消费先繁荣后衰退的周期,认为初始通胀下降产生的财富效应促使消费者提前购买耐用品,导致后续消费放缓。
Exchange rate‐based stabilisations in chronic‐inflation countries have often been characterised by an initial consumption boom (which is most evident in the behaviour of durable goods) followed by a later contraction. This paper provides an explanation for such a boom‐recession cycle based on the timing of purchases of durable goods. The initial fall in inflation results in a wealth effect which induces many consumers to bring forward their purchases of durable goods, thus generating an aggregate consumption boom. Since most consumers replenish their stock of durable goods at the beginning of the programme, a later slowdown follows.