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The savings-inflation puzzle

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  • Burkhard Heer
  • Bernd Sussmuth

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We find that inflation does not unanimously decrease savings in the US during the postwar period. This result is puzzling as it contradicts the implications of most monetary general equilibrium models.

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  • Burkhard Heer & Bernd Sussmuth, 2009. "The savings-inflation puzzle," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 16(6), pages 615-617.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:16:y:2009:i:6:p:615-617
    DOI: 10.1080/13504850701206510
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    • E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
    • E65 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Studies of Particular Policy Episodes

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