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Equally shocking news

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Recently the idea that business cycles can be driven purely by anticipated developments in the economy—so-called news shocks—has been usefully revived. In this note news shocks are investigated in the context of monetary policy rules designed to mitigate their effects.

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  • Blake, Andrew P., 2012. "Equally shocking news," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 117(3), pages 866-869.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:117:y:2012:i:3:p:866-869
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.09.009
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