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This article addresses Japan’s economy, its new economic policy package, which is known as Abenomics. The centerpiece of Abenomics has been the three “economic arrows” targeted at aggressive monetary policy, flexible fiscal policy, and growth strategy. This article focuses on Abenomics and shows the measures undertaken by the administration. The research question is: to what extent the policy package contributes to stimulating the economy? This question relates to the main problem of the effectiveness of Abenomics. The main purpose of this article is an attempt to evaluate Abenomics from the perspective of 5 years since the time of its announcement.

The subject of the article are currency reforms that were carried out after the Second World War in the Polish state. The first legal regulations from 1944 - 45 concerned the unification of the money circulation, which in practice meant the exchange of occupation money for the new currency. However, the repayment of financial claims made before the outbreak of the war was regulated by a decree of 1949. Another monetary reform concerned the new, socialist economic policy of the Polish state. The basis for it was the Act of October 28, 1950 on the change of the monetary system. After this reform, periodic changes in prices and wages were introduced, which were not based on strictly legislative solutions. In practice, these ordinances were in the nature of new monetary reforms. The Act of 1950 was repealed by the Act of 7 July 1994 on the denomination of the zloty.

There are various methods to assess soil erodibility for wind erosion. This paper focuses on aggregate analysis by a laser particle sizer ANALYSETTE 22 (FRITSCH GmbH), made to determine the size distribution of soil particles detached by wind (deflated particles). Ten soil samples, trapped along the same length of the erosion surface (150–155 m) but at different wind speeds, were analysed. The soil was sampled from a flat, smooth area without vegetation cover or soil crust, not affected by the impact of windbreaks or other barriers, from a depth of maximum 2.5 cm. Prior to analysis the samples were prepared according to the relevant specifications. An experiment was also conducted using a device that enables characterisation of the vertical movement of the deflated material. The trapped samples showed no differences in particle size and the proportions of size fractions at different hourly average wind speeds. It was observed that most of particles travelling in saltation mode (size 50–500 μm) – 58–70% – moved vertically up to 26 cm above the soil surface. At greater heights, particles moving in suspension mode (floating in the air; size < 100 μm) accounted for up to 90% of the samples. This result suggests that the boundary between the two modes of the vertical movement of deflated soil particles lies at about 25 cm above the soil surface.

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The paper focuses on inflation expectations management in a low inflation or deflation environment. Firstly, it presents theoretical findings on avoiding and escaping the deflation trap. They are closely related to expectations management as expectations become the main transmission channel in the zero lower bound (ZLB) environment. In response to the recent economic crisis some of the following solutions have been applied by central banks: quantitative easing, forward guidance and depreciation. Their use is not detrimental to the framework of inflation targeting strategy. Secondly, some remarks about the difficulties of measuring expectations during the occurrence of ZLB and in a crisis situation are made. The information on expectations levels, their distribution, volatility and the degree to which they are anchored is crucial for central banks, especially when the expectations offer the most effective way to affect the economy. Finally, a comparison of the expectations quantified with the Carlson and Parkin probabilistic method and its version adjusted for non-positive scaling factor periods is made. The empirical part of the research covers Poland (July 2014 – December 2015) and Sweden (November 2012 – December 2015). Both countries experience deflation, and (additionally) Sweden operates under ZLB. An alternative method of quantification smoothes the expectations and reduces their volatility. The subject dealt with in this paper is still under theoretical and empirical examination. No conclusion as to the optimal solution for expectations management is made.

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