The ebook is not out but, however I am unable to assist myself… A revised draft of Chapter 5, fiscal concept in sticky worth fashions is up on my web site right here. Giving talks during the last 12 months and writing some subsequent essays, I see clearer methods to current the sticky worth fashions.  Backside line, these three graphs present a pleasant capsule abstract of what fiscal concept is all about: 

Response of inflation, output and worth degree to a 1% deficit shock, with no change in rates of interest. Bondholders lose from an extended interval of inflation above the nominal rate of interest. Inflation goes away finally by itself. 

Response of inflation, output and worth degree to a everlasting rate of interest rise, with no change in fiscal coverage, and sticky costs. The primary line makes use of long-term debt. The omega=1 line makes use of roughly one 12 months debt. The omega = infinity line makes use of instantaneous debt. Greater rates of interest can briefly decrease inflation with long run debt. With short-term debt, regardless of sticky costs, inflation follows the rate of interest precisely. Sticky costs don’t suggest sticky inflation. 

Responser to a 1% fiscal shock, with a financial coverage response with Taylor coefficient one, and long run debt. By shifting inflation ahead, the central financial institution eliminates virtually all output volatility. The fiscal shock falls on long-term bondholders, that suffer a worth drop at time 0.