Inflation Dynamics in the CEMAC Region

30 Pages Posted: 18 Oct 2011

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Carlos Caceres

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Marcos Poplawski-Ribeiro

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Darlena Tartari

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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Date Written: October 2011

Abstract

This paper analyses inflation dynamics in the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) using a constructed dataset for country-specific commodity price indices and panel cointegrated vector autoregressive (VAR) models. Imported commodity price shocks are significant in explaining inflation in the region. Governments are another driving force of inflation dynamics mainly through controlled prices and the role of capital expenditure in domestic activity. In most CEMAC countries, the largest effect of global food and fuel prices occurs after four or five quarters in noncore inflation and then decays substantially over time. Second-round effects are significant only in Cameroon and to a lesser extent in the Republic of Congo.

Keywords: Central Africa, Central African Economic and Monetary Community, Commodity price fluctuations, Commodity prices, Cross country analysis, Economic models, Energy prices, External shocks, Food imports, Government expenditures, Imports, Inflation, Price controls

Suggested Citation

Caceres, Carlos and Poplawski-Ribeiro, Marcos and Tartari, Darlena, Inflation Dynamics in the CEMAC Region (October 2011). IMF Working Paper No. 11/232, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1945619

Carlos Caceres

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Marcos Poplawski-Ribeiro (Contact Author)

International Monetary Fund (IMF) ( email )

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United States

Darlena Tartari

International Monetary Fund (IMF) ( email )

700 19th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20431
United States

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