; 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 …

operate at the level of full employment without provoking unmanageable inflation. They also contend that budget deficits do …pt. I. Introduction -- pt. II. Functional finance : the background -- pt. III. Assessing the inflation barrier -- pt …

, Kaleckians and other heterodox economists from the developed and developing world. Post Keynesian literature has long been …. Saving, asset-price inflation, and debt-induced deflation / Michael Hudson -- 7. Unit roots in macroeconomic time series and … Washington Consensus and (non-) development / Hansjörg Herr and Jan Priewe -- 10. Competition, low profit margin, low inflation …

E.O. Svensson (1997), 'Optimal Inflation Targets, "Conservative" Central Banks, and Linear Inflation Contracts … Effect on Policy Outcomes', World Bank Economic Review, 6 (3), September, 353-98 -- Alberto Alesina and Lawrence H. Summers … Economy, 22 (1), March, 1-21 -- Alex Cukierman and Allan H. Meltzer (1986), 'A Theory of Ambiguity, Credibility, and Inflation …

of recommendations highlighted by the contributors. The conclusion reached is that in an abstract world, perhaps; but in … the world in which we live; no. It is argued that the proposals made could certainly contribute to improved policy, albeit …

1. Introduction -- 2. Inflation and monetary regimes -- 3. Inflation under metallic monetary regimes -- 4. Moderate … paper money inflations -- 5. Characteristics of hyperinflations -- 6. Currency competition, inflation, Gresham's law and …

countries have adopted the New Consensus Monetary Policy since the early 1990s in an attempt to reduce inflation to low levels … the central bank. The objective of these rules is to achieve specific, or a range of, inflation targets … framework -- 10. The experience of inflation targeting since 1993 -- 11. Reflections on the Bank of Canada's monetary policy …