James Morley

University of Sydney - School of Economics

Professor of Macroeconomics

Rm 607 Social Sciences Building

The University of Sydney

Sydney, NSW 2006 2008

Australia

http://https://sites.google.com/site/jamescmorley/

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1.

State-Dependent Effects of Fiscal Policy

UNSW Business School Research Paper No. 2012-27C
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 30 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 19 Aug 2014
Steven M. Fazzari, James Morley and Irina Panovska
Washington University in St. Louis, University of Sydney - School of Economics and University of Texas at Dallas
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Government Spending, Threshold Model, Vector Autoregression, Nonlinear Dynamics, Impulse-Response Comparison, Bayesian

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Macro-Finance Linkages

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Macro-Finance Linkages

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 07 Apr 2013
James Morley
University of Sydney - School of Economics
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Global Financial Crisis, financial accelerator, contagion, monetary policy

Macro‐Finance Linkages

Journal of Economic Surveys, Vol. 30, Issue 4, pp. 698-711, 2016
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 10 Aug 2016
James Morley
University of Sydney - School of Economics
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Contagion, Financial accelerator, Global Financial Crisis, Monetary policy

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Nowcasting the Output Gap

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Nowcasting the Output Gap

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 29 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2020
Tino Berger, James Morley and Benjamin Wong
University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Department of Economics, University of Sydney - School of Economics and Monash University - Department of Econometrics & Business Statistics
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Nowcasting, output gap, COVID-19

Nowcasting the Output Gap

CAMA Working Paper No. 78/2020
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 27 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2020
Tino Berger, James Morley and Benjamin Wong
University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Department of Economics, University of Sydney - School of Economics and Monash University - Department of Econometrics & Business Statistics
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Nowcasting, output gap, COVID-19

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When Is Discretionary Fiscal Policy Effective?

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 22 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 04 Mar 2020
Steven M. Fazzari, James Morley and Irina Panovska
Washington University in St. Louis, University of Sydney - School of Economics and University of Texas at Dallas
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Government spending; austerity; nonlinear dynamics; Bayesian; sign restrictions; vector autoregression

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The Changing Transmission Mechanism of U.S. Monetary Policy

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The Changing Transmission Mechanism of U.S. Monetary Policy

UNSW Business School Research Paper No. 2015-03
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 10 Feb 2015
Norhana Endut, James Morley and Pao-Lin Tien
Central Bank of Malaysia, University of Sydney - School of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Bank-Lending Channel, Sign Restrictions, Great Moderation

The Changing Transmission Mechanism of U.S. Monetary Policy

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 17 Aug 2016
Norhana Endut, James Morley and Pao-Lin Tien
Central Bank of Malaysia, University of Sydney - School of Economics and Bureau of Economic Analysis
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Bank-Lending Channel, Sign Restrictions, Monetary Policy Shock, Great Moderation

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Debt and Financial Market Contagion

UNSW Business School Research Paper No. 2015-02
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 09 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2021
Cody Yu-Ling Hsiao and James Morley
University of New South Wales (UNSW) and University of Sydney - School of Economics
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Contagion, debt, European debt crisis, financial crisis, Great Recession, COVID, regional linkages

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Why Has the U.S. Economy Stagnated Since the Great Recession?

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 30 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 09 Apr 2020
Yunjong Eo and James Morley
Department of Economics, Korea University and University of Sydney - School of Economics
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Secular stagnation; Great Recession; output gap; trend growth; Markov switching; structural breaks

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Estimating DSGE Models with Zero Interest Rate Policy

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Estimating DSGE Models with Zero Interest Rate Policy

UNSW Australia Business School Research Paper No. 2014-32B
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 07 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2017
Mariano Kulish, James Morley and Tim Robinson
University of New South Wales (UNSW), University of Sydney - School of Economics and University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research
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Zero lower bound, forward guidance, Bayesian estimation

Estimating the Expected Duration of the Zero Lower Bound in DSGE Models with Forward Guidance

Melbourne Institute Working Paper No. 16/14
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 28 Jul 2014
Mariano Kulish, James Morley and Tim Robinson
University of New South Wales (UNSW), University of Sydney - School of Economics and University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research
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zero lower bound, forward guidance

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Likelihood-Ratio-Based Confidence Sets for the Timing of Structural Breaks

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Likelihood-Ratio-Based Confidence Sets for the Timing of Structural Breaks

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 11 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2016
Yunjong Eo and James Morley
Department of Economics, Korea University and University of Sydney - School of Economics
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Inverted Likelihood Ratio Confidence Sets, Multiple Breaks, System of Equations; Great Moderation, Productivity Growth Slowdown

Likelihood-Based Confidence Sets for the Timing of Structural Breaks

UNSW Australian School of Business Research Paper No. 2013-12
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 17 May 2013 Last Revised: 22 May 2013
Yunjong Eo and James Morley
Department of Economics, Korea University and University of Sydney - School of Economics
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Inverted Likelihood Ratio Confidence Sets, Multiple Breaks, Great Moderation, Productivity Growth Slowdown

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Testing Stationarity with Unobserved Components Models

UNSW Business School Research Paper No. 2012 ECON 41B
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 17 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 19 Aug 2014
James Morley, Irina Panovska and Tara M. Sinclair
University of Sydney - School of Economics, University of Texas at Dallas and George Washington University - Department of Economics
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Stationarity Test, Likelihood Ratio, Unobserved Components, Parametric Bootstrap, Monte Carlo Simulation, Small-Sample Inference

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Intuitive and Reliable Estimates of the Output Gap from a Beveridge-Nelson Filter

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Intuitive and Reliable Estimates of the Output Gap from a Beveridge-Nelson Filter

UNSW Business School Research Paper No. 2016-09
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 30 Jun 2016
Güneş Kamber, James Morley and Benjamin Wong
Bank for International Settlements (BIS) - Monetary and Economic Department, University of Sydney - School of Economics and Monash University - Department of Econometrics & Business Statistics
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Beveridge-Nelson Decomposition, Output Gap, Signal-To-Noise Ratio

Intuitive and Reliable Estimates of the Output Gap from a Beveridge-Nelson Filter

CAMA Working Paper No. 3/2017
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 17 Jan 2017
Güneş Kamber, James Morley and Benjamin Wong
Bank for International Settlements (BIS) - Monetary and Economic Department, University of Sydney - School of Economics and Monash University - Department of Econometrics & Business Statistics
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Beveridge-Nelson decomposition, output gap, signal-to-noise ratio

Intuitive and Reliable Estimates of the Output Gap from a Beveridge-Nelson Filter

BIS Working Paper No. 584
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 04 Oct 2016
Güneş Kamber, James Morley and Benjamin Wong
Bank for International Settlements (BIS) - Monetary and Economic Department, University of Sydney - School of Economics and Monash University - Department of Econometrics & Business Statistics
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Beveridge-Nelson decomposition, output gap, signal-to-noise ratio

Intuitive and Reliable Estimates of the Output Gap from a Beveridge-Nelson Filter

Review of Economics and Statistics, 2018, issue 100, number 3, pg. 550-566
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 12 Aug 2019
Güneş Kamber, James Morley and Benjamin Wong
Bank for International Settlements (BIS) - Monetary and Economic Department, University of Sydney - School of Economics and Monash University - Department of Econometrics & Business Statistics
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Beveridge-Nelson decomposition, output gap, signal-to-noise ratio

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In Search of the Natural Rate of Unemployment

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 15 Dec 2004
Thomas B. King and James Morley
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and University of Sydney - School of Economics
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Unemployment, natural rate, structural VAR, Phillips Curve, NAIRU

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What Factors Drive the Price-Rent Ratio for the Housing Market? A Modified Present-Value Analysis

UNSW Australian School of Business Research Paper No. 2014-20A
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 23 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 05 May 2014
N. Kundan Kishor and James Morley
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee and University of Sydney - School of Economics
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Price-Rent Ratio, Unobserved Component Model, Present-Value Model

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A Bayesian Approach to Counterfactual Analysis of Structural Change

FRB St. Louis Working Paper No. 2004-014C
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 28 Jul 2005
Chang-Jin Kim, James Morley and Jeremy Piger
Dept. of Economics, University of Washington, University of Sydney - School of Economics and University of Oregon - Department of Economics
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bayesian, counterfactual, structural change, volatility reduction

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Marginal Propensities to Consume Before and After the Great Recession

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 18 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 20 Dec 2021
Yunho Cho, James Morley and Aarti Singh
Institute for Economic and Social Research, Jinan University, University of Sydney - School of Economics and The University of Sydney - School of Economics
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Marginal propensity to consume, Great Recession, consumption insurance, liquid wealth, house prices

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Is Business Cycle Asymmetry Intrinsic in Industrialized Economies?

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 07 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 18 Jun 2018
James Morley and Irina Panovska
University of Sydney - School of Economics and University of Texas at Dallas
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output gap; model averaging; Markov switching; business cycle asymmetry; convex Phillips Curve

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Estimating Household Consumption Insurance

UNSW Business School Research Paper No. 2017-07
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 16 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 06 Nov 2020
Arpita Chatterjee, James Morley and Aarti Singh
UNSW Australia Business School, School of Economics, University of Sydney - School of Economics and The University of Sydney - School of Economics
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consumption insurance; weighting schemes; quasi maximum likelihood

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Inflation in the G7: Mind the Gap(s)?

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Bank Working Paper No. 2011-011A
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 23 Apr 2011
James Morley, Jeremy Piger and Robert Rasche
University of Sydney - School of Economics, University of Oregon - Department of Economics and Michigan State University
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inflation gap, inflation persistence, natural rate, Phillips Curve, trend inflation

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Reproducing Business Cycle Features: Are Nonlinear Dynamics a Proxy for Multivariate Information?

UNSW Australian School of Business Research Paper No. 2012ECON23
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 27 Mar 2012
James Morley, Jeremy Piger and Pao-Lin Tien
University of Sydney - School of Economics, University of Oregon - Department of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Business cycle features, nonlinear dynamics, multivariate models

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Bayesian Analysis of Nonlinear Exchange Rate Dynamics and the Purchasing Power Parity Persistence Puzzle

UNSW Australian School of Business Research Paper No. 2013-05
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 15 Apr 2013
Ming Chien Lo and James Morley
Saint Cloud State University - Department of Economics and University of Sydney - School of Economics
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Bayesian Analysis, Real Exchange Rate Dynamics, Purchasing Power Parity, Nonlinear Threshold Models, Bayesian Model Averaging, Half lives

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Inventory Shocks and the Great Moderation

UNSW Business School Research Paper No. 2012-42B
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 17 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 07 Jul 2015
James Morley and Aarti Singh
University of Sydney - School of Economics and The University of Sydney - School of Economics
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Great Moderation, inventories, production smoothing, unobserved components model

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Estimating and Accounting for the Output Gap with Large Bayesian Vector Autoregressions

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Estimating and Accounting for the Output Gap with Large Bayesian Vector Autoregressions

CAMA Working Paper No. 46/2017
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 21 Jul 2017
James Morley and Benjamin Wong
University of Sydney - School of Economics and Monash University - Department of Econometrics & Business Statistics
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Beveridge-Nelson decomposition, output gap, Bayesian estimation, multivariate information

Estimating and Accounting for the Output Gap with Large Bayesian Vector Autoregressions

Journal of Applied Econometrics, vol.35(1), pg.1-18
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 12 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 25 Aug 2020
James Morley and Benjamin Wong
University of Sydney - School of Economics and Monash University - Department of Econometrics & Business Statistics
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Beveridge-Nelson decomposition, output gap, Bayesian estimation, multivariate information

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Improving Likelihood-Ratio-Based Confidence Intervals for Threshold Parameters in Finite Samples

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 27 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2017
Luiggi Donayre, Yunjong Eo and James Morley
University of Minnesota - Duluth, Department of Economics, Korea University and University of Sydney - School of Economics
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Threshold regression; Inverted likelihood ratio; Confidence Interval; Finite-sample inference

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A Steady-State Approach to Trend/Cycle Decomposition of Regime-Switching Processes

FRB St. Louis Working Paper No. 2004-006D
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 28 Jul 2005
James Morley and Jeremy Piger
University of Sydney - School of Economics and University of Oregon - Department of Economics
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steady state, trend/cycle decomposition, nonlinear, regime switching

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The Importance of Nonlinearity in Reproducing Business Cycle Features

FRB St. Louis Working Paper No. 2004-032B
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 28 Jul 2005
James Morley and Jeremy Piger
University of Sydney - School of Economics and University of Oregon - Department of Economics
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business cycle, nonlinear, regime switching

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The Decline in r* According to a Robust Multivariate Trend-cycle Decomposition

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 14 Jan 2022
James Morley, Trung Duc Tran and Benjamin Wong
University of Sydney - School of Economics, The University of Sydney and Monash University - Department of Econometrics & Business Statistics
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Natural rate of interest, multivariate trend-cycle decomposition, robustness to model misspecification

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What Drives Inflation in Advanced and Emerging Market Economies?

BIS Paper No. 111a
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 17 Apr 2020
Güneş Kamber, Madhusudan S. Mohanty and James Morley
Bank for International Settlements (BIS) - Monetary and Economic Department, Bank for International Settlements (BIS) - Monetary and Economic Department and University of Sydney - School of Economics
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open economy Phillips curve; structural breaks; inflation expectations; exchange rate pass-through; inflation volatility

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Measuring Economic Slack: A Forecast-Based Approach with Applications to Economies in Asia and the Pacific

BIS Working Paper No. 451
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 24 Jun 2014
James Morley
University of Sydney - School of Economics
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output gap, model averaging, business cycle asymmetry, convex Phillips Curve

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Structural Evolution of the Postwar U.S. Economy

UNSW Australian School of Business Research Paper No. 2013-15A
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 12 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2014
Yuelin Liu and James Morley
Sun Yat-sen University and University of Sydney - School of Economics
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Time-varying parameters, Mixture innovations, Lucas critique, Great Moderation, Natural Rate of Unemployment, Phillips Curve

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The Adjustment of Prices and the Adjustment of the Exchange Rate

NBER Working Paper No. w8550
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 18 Oct 2001 Last Revised: 14 May 2022
Charles M. Engel and James Morley
University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Economics and University of Sydney - School of Economics
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Cyclical Signals from the Labor Market

CAMA Working Paper No. 91/2021
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 21 Oct 2021
Tino Berger, Paul David Boll, James Morley and Benjamin Wong
University of Goettingen (Göttingen) - Department of Economics, University of Warwick, University of Sydney - School of Economics and Monash University - Department of Econometrics & Business Statistics
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Nowcasting, output gap, Covid-19, U-2 unemployment rate, average hourly earnings

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Measuring the Fiscal Multiplier when Plans Take Time to Implement

CAMA Working Paper No. 13/2019
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 06 Feb 2019
Kevin Lee, James Morley, Kian Howe Ong and Kalvinder Shields
University of Nottingham, UK, University of Sydney - School of Economics, University of Nottingham, Malaysia and University of Melbourne - Department of Economics
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government spending plans, real-time data, fiscal multiplier

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A Structural Measure of the Shadow Federal Funds Rate

FEDS Working Paper No. 2021-64
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 19 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2021
Callum Jones, Mariano Kulish and James Morley
International Monetary Fund (IMF), University of New South Wales (UNSW) and University of Sydney - School of Economics
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Zero lower bound, Forward guidance, Shadow rate, Monetary policy

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Measuring Economic Slack in Asia and the Pacific

BIS Paper No. 77c
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 06 Oct 2014
James Morley
University of Sydney - School of Economics
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output gap, business cycle asymmetry, Phillips Curve, Asia-Pacific economies

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The Australian Real-Time Fiscal Database: An Overview and An Illustration of Its Use in Analysing Planned and Realised Fiscal Policies

CAMA Working Paper No. 14/2019
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 06 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2019
Kevin Lee, James Morley, Kalvinder Shields and Madeleine Sui-Lay Tan
University of Nottingham, UK, University of Sydney - School of Economics, University of Melbourne - Department of Economics and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Real-time, Australian Database, Revisions, Fiscal Policy, Government Spending, Government Revenues

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A Factor Model Analysis of the Australian Economy and the Effects of Inflation Targeting

Economic Record, Vol. 96, Issue 314, pp. 271-293, 2020
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 06 Oct 2020
Luke Hartigan and James Morley
University of New South Wales (UNSW), UNSW Business School, School of Economics and University of Sydney - School of Economics
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The Australian Real‐Time Fiscal Database: An Overview with Illustrations of its Use in Analysing Fiscal Policy

Economic Record, Vol. 96, Issue 312, pp. 87-106, 2020
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 17 May 2020
Kevin Lee, James Morley, Kalvinder Shields and Madeleine Sui‐Lay Tan
University of Nottingham, University of Sydney - School of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Melbourne and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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