The Federal Reserve Board eagle logo links to home page

Skip to: [Printable Version (PDF)] [Bibliography] [Footnotes]
Finance and Economics Discussion Series: Data for 2011-48 Screen Reader version

Optimal Monetary Policy with State-Dependent Pricing

Anton Nakov
Federal Reserve Board
Carlos Thomas
Banco de Espana


Fig.1 (Left panel) Probability of price adjustment by vintage

Vintage Probability
1 0.1121
2 0.3144
3 0.4915
4 0.6224
5 0.7152
6 0.7812
7 0.8287
8 0.8636
9 0.8897
10 0.9096
11 0.925
12 0.9371
13 0.9467
14 0.9545
15 0.9609
16 0.9661
17 0.9704
18 0.9741
19 0.9771
20 0.9798
21 0.982
22 0.9839
23 0.9846
24 1

Fig.1 (Right panel) Firm distribution by price vintage

Vintage Measure of Firms
1 0.3372
2 0.2994
3 0.2053
4 0.1044
5 0.0394
6 0.0112
7 0.0025
8 0.0004
9 0.0001
10 0
11 0
12 0
13 0
14 0
15 0
16 0
17 0
18 0
19 0
20 0
21 0
22 0
23 0
24 0

Fig.2: Responses to a Technology and Government Spending Shock (Government Spending)

Quarters Government spending shock Real interest rate Output gap Consumption Hours worked Real wage Optimal price Inflation Price dispersion
1 1 0.0142 -0.000624063 -0.061 0.118 -0.003594749 -0.001311904 -0.00065601 0
2 0.9 0.0112 -9.84E-05 -0.054 0.107 -0.000567089 -9.11E-05 -4.56E-05 0
3 0.81 0.0098 -1.01E-05 -0.048 0.097 -5.82E-05 0.000102673 5.13E-05 0
4 0.73 0.0088 4.20E-06 -0.044 0.087 2.42E-05 0.000123694 6.18E-05 0
5 0.66 0.0079 6.03E-06 -0.039 0.078 3.48E-05 0.000116627 5.83E-05 0
6 0.59 0.0071 5.81E-06 -0.035 0.071 3.35E-05 0.000105862 5.29E-05 0
7 0.53 0.0064 5.30E-06 -0.032 0.063 3.05E-05 9.54E-05 4.77E-05 0
8 0.48 0.0058 4.78E-06 -0.029 0.057 2.75E-05 8.59E-05 4.29E-05 0
9 0.43 0.0052 4.30E-06 -0.026 0.051 2.48E-05 7.73E-05 3.87E-05 0
10 0.39 0.0047 3.87E-06 -0.023 0.046 2.23E-05 6.96E-05 3.48E-05 0
11 0.35 0.0042 3.48E-06 -0.021 0.042 2.01E-05 6.26E-05 3.13E-05 0
12 0.31 0.0038 3.14E-06 -0.019 0.037 1.81E-05 5.64E-05 2.82E-05 0
13 0.28 0.0034 2.82E-06 -0.017 0.034 1.63E-05 5.07E-05 2.54E-05 0
14 0.25 0.0031 2.54E-06 -0.015 0.03 1.46E-05 4.57E-05 2.28E-05 0
15 0.23 0.0028 2.29E-06 -0.014 0.027 1.32E-05 4.11E-05 2.05E-05 0
16 0.21 0.0025 2.06E-06 -0.012 0.025 1.19E-05 3.70E-05 1.85E-05 0
17 0.19 0.0022 1.85E-06 -0.011 0.022 1.07E-05 3.33E-05 1.66E-05 0
18 0.17 0.002 1.67E-06 -0.01 0.02 9.60E-06 3.00E-05 1.50E-05 0
19 0.15 0.0018 1.50E-06 -0.009 0.018 8.64E-06 2.70E-05 1.35E-05 0
20 0.14 0.0016 1.35E-06 -0.008 0.016 7.78E-06 2.43E-05 1.21E-05 0

Fig.2: Responses to a Technology and a Government Spending Shock (Technology)

Quarters Technology shock Real interest rate Output gap Consumption Hours worked Real wage Optimal price Inflation Price dispersion
1 1.00 -0.073 0.0003979 0.71 -0.41 1.00 0.00088 0.000441705203635401 0
2 0.95 -0.068 6.61e-05 0.67 -0.39 0.95 0.00011 5.2763219482443e-05 0
3 0.90 -0.064 9.9e-06 0.64 -0.37 0.90 -2.4107420482089e-05 -1.2040095942467e-05 0
4 0.86 -0.061 5e-07 0.61 -0.35 0.86 -4.3969126672927e-05 -2.1972191632802e-05 0
5 0.81 -0.058 -1.1e-06 0.58 -0.34 0.81 -4.5340558552098e-05 -2.2658621390281e-05 0
6 0.77 -0.055 -1.3e-06 0.55 -0.32 0.77 -4.367845988229e-05 -2.1828171081761e-05 0
7 0.74 -0.052 -1.3e-06 0.52 -0.30 0.74 -4.1597043831665e-05 -2.0788018695317e-05 0
8 0.70 -0.050 -1.2e-06 0.49 -0.29 0.70 -3.9534561446786e-05 -1.9757303071355e-05 0
9 0.66 -0.047 -1.1e-06 0.47 -0.27 0.66 -3.7560776378065e-05 -1.8770909504529e-05 0
10 0.63 -0.045 -1.1e-06 0.45 -0.26 0.63 -3.5683235910522e-05 -1.7832613186108e-05 0
11 0.60 -0.043 -1e-06 0.42 -0.25 0.60 -3.3899158136119e-05 -1.6941024505446e-05 0
12 0.57 -0.041 -1e-06 0.40 -0.23 0.57 -3.2204214184262e-05 -1.6093980270693e-05 0
13 0.54 -0.039 -9e-07 0.38 -0.22 0.54 -3.0594005662188e-05 -1.5289282329078e-05 0
14 0.51 -0.037 -9e-07 0.36 -0.21 0.51 -2.9064305628879e-05 -1.452481833697e-05 0
15 0.49 -0.035 -8e-07 0.34 -0.20 0.49 -2.7611090314128e-05 -1.3798577436219e-05 0
16 0.46 -0.033 -8e-07 0.33 -0.19 0.46 -2.623053586559e-05 -1.3108648655447e-05 0
17 0.44 -0.031 -8e-07 0.31 -0.18 0.44 -2.4919009078417e-05 -1.2453216335917e-05 0
18 0.42 -0.030 -7e-07 0.30 -0.17 0.42 -2.3673058735518e-05 -1.1830555646242e-05 0
19 0.40 -0.028 -7e-07 0.28 -0.16 0.40 -2.2489405371307e-05 -1.1239027708498e-05 0
20 0.38 -0.027 -6e-07 0.27 -0.16 0.38 -2.1364931424017e-05 -1.0677074524512e-05 0
This version is optimized for use by screen readers. Descriptions for all mathematical expressions are provided in LaTex format. A printable pdf version is available. Return to Text