01663cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF006499 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781455201181 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Commodity Prices and Inflation in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010. 1 online resource (33 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Inflation followed a strikingly uniform pattern in all countries of the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia during the period 1996-2009, falling until about 2000 and then rising. International fuel prices do not help explain this pattern. This conclusion is robust even when different cross sections of countries are tested or when different regression variables are included. The pattern of inflation is explained mainly by past inflation, the strength of the US dollar, US inflation, and-depending on the subset of countries analyzed-monetary and exchange rate policies and nonfuel commodity prices. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/135 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2010/135/001.2010.issue-135-en.xml IMF e-Library