BIS Research: News Shocks Drive Half of Inflation in Oil Discoveries to Pre-empt
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A new BIS research paper by Bohou Cai finds that news shocks about large oil and gas discoveries drive core consumer price inflation, with roughly half of the price increase materializing before extraction begins. Using a dataset of 1,309 discoveries across 79 economies from 1980 to 2019, the study isolates cases with at least a five-year lag between announcement and production. The analysis shows price spikes are concentrated in non-traditional goods and services, while traditional goods and producer prices see limited movement.
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BIS研究论文发布：新闻冲击与通胀理论与证据
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- Subject：
- Bohou Cai
- Action：
- 发布研究论文
- Object：
- 大型油气发现对开放经济体通胀的影响
- Occurred (fact side)：
- Oct 23, 00:00
- Published (valid side)：
- Oct 23, 08:00
- First seen (known side)：
- Oct 23, 20:09
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- BIS · Research PapersFirst-party sourceRelated fact: single sourceSource report revisedLarge oil and gas discoveries cause persistent core consumer price increases in open economies
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Using a dataset of 1,309 large oil and gas discoveries across 79 economies from 1980 to 2019, focusing on those with at least a five-year production lag, the BIS research found that news of a large discovery leads to a persistent increase in core consumer prices over the following decade, with about half of the increase occurring before extraction begins. This effect is concentrated in non-tradable goods and services, while producer and tradable prices change little. Economic activity expands before production starts, the real exchange rate appreciates persistently, and the current account initially worsens before turning to surplus when new oil production begins. Inflation rises mainly under inflexible exchange rate regimes but is largely absent under flexible regimes, a difference explained by a three-sector New Keynesian model.
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