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long-run perspective, the central bank could capitalise on the NE to set lower inflation targets. In the short to medium …
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We introduce a new measure called Inflation-at-Risk (I@R) associated with (left and right) tail inflation risk. We estimate I@R using survey-based density forecasts. We show that it contains information not covered by usual inflation risk indicators which focus on inflation uncertainty and do...
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Euro area countries as a whole have experienced a marked downward trend over the 1980s. Over this period, the unemployment rate has increased and economic activity has been sluggish. Changes in the implicit inflation target, viewed as low frequency movements of inflation, might possibly explain...
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This paper focuses on the price stability objective within the framework of the single monetary policy strategy. It starts by reviewing what this objective, which is common to all central banks, means. Secondly, this paper will focus exclusively on the anchoring of short- to medium-term...
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has raised the question of whether and how to combine the corresponding main policy instruments (interest rate and bank …
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's original views about the rate of interest on bank credit have barely been commented so far. In this paper, we endeavour to link … these views with his theory of central banking in order to demonstrate that Thornton advocated an active use of the Bank of … quantity of circulating banknotes. Nevertheless, Thornton does not appear to have conceived the Bank's rate as a true " key …
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