What is perhaps especially interesting for the discussion generated during this conference is that, both when monetary policy becomes more restrictive and when it becomes more expansionary, central banks always continue to claim that they do not contribute to increasing inequality! However, to a certain degree we may find that this claim is to some extent supported by literature.
Domestic wholesale prices, notwithstanding the rise in prices of petroleum products reflecting the increase in crude oil prices, are mostly unchanged mainly due to the decrease in prices of electric machinery.