great inflation of the late 1960s and 1970s. It is the first detailed analysis, using Federal Reserve documents, of the … policy that led to this inflation. Thomas Mayer considers forecasting errors and wage and price controls in his attempt to … explain why the inflation occurred and places some of the blame on ineffective operating procedures, institutional …

This timely book reviews the modern literature on inflation and monetary policy, and highlights contemporary issues in … banking in the Asia-Pacific : an overview -- 4. Monetary policy : overview of concepts, debates and issues -- 5. Inflation and …. Inflation and monetary policy in selected countries of the Asia-Pacific -- 10. Summary and conclusion …

inflation targeting, the dominant policy framework of central bank policy that focuses on keeping inflation in the low single …1. Beyond inflation targeting : assessing the impacts and policy alternatives / Gerald Epstein and A. Erinc Yeldan -- 2 … and Lance Taylor -- 3. Inflation targeting and the real exchange rate in a small economy : a structuralist approach …

; credibility and transparency; the inflation forecast and the loss function; monetary policy experiences in the US and the UK; the …1. No money, no inflation : the role of money in the economy -- 2. Central bank independence -- 3. The use and meaning … of words in central banking : inflation, targeting, credibility and transparency -- 4. The inflation forecast and the …

the coordination of individual decisions as they minimize transaction costs, overcome information asymmetries and deal …

E.O. Svensson (1997), 'Optimal Inflation Targets, "Conservative" Central Banks, and Linear Inflation Contracts … Economy, 22 (1), March, 1-21 -- Alex Cukierman and Allan H. Meltzer (1986), 'A Theory of Ambiguity, Credibility, and Inflation … under Discretion and Asymmetric Information', Econometrica, 54 (5), September, 1099-128 -- Marvin Goodfriend (1986 …

. Chapters discuss the role of monetary policy in the gender pension gap; the impact of inflation reduction policies on female …