Macroeconomic Shifts Reshape Household Finances, Redefine Economic Stability
The article discusses how business cycles and economic fluctuations can be understood using a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) perspective. The researchers create a model with representative agents and various frictions to study these dynamics. They explore how the economy responds to different shocks, including flexible prices and wages, and discuss applying the model to real-world data. By adding nominal price rigidities, they develop the New Keynesian model and address issues like fiscal policy and unconventional monetary policy in an open economy context.