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Central bank communication in unconventional times: Some evidence from a textual analysis of the National Bank of Poland communication during the COVID-crisis

Economics and Business Review
Volume 10 (2024): Issue 1 (April 2024)
By: Lada Voloshchenko-Holda and  Paweł Niedziółka  
Open Access
|Apr 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18559/ebr.2024.1.1039 | Journal eISSN: 2450-0097 | Journal ISSN: 2392-1641
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Language: English
Page range: 101 - 124
Submitted on: Nov 10, 2023
Accepted on: Mar 3, 2024
Published on: Apr 10, 2024
Published by: Poznań University of Economics and Business Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Central bank communication,
textual analysis,
financial stability,
price stability,
monetary policy,
attention to inflation
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Mathematics and statistics for economists,
Econometrics,
Political economics,
Political economics, other,
Finance

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