inflation and the role of inflation expectations. In relation to the recent weakness of inflation, we discuss the role of firm … supports the view that the absorption of slack and a firm anchoring of inflation expectations remain central to successful … inflation stabilisation …

Assigning a discretionary central bank a mandate to stabilize an average inflation rate—rather than a period …-by-period inflation rate—increases welfare in a New Keynesian model with an occasionally binding lower bound on nominal interest rates … inflation targeting (AIT) is equivalent to price level targeting (PLT). However, AIT with a finite, but sufficiently long …

economic activity, inflation and government debt in face of an occasionally binding lower bound on the nominal interest rate in … policy, the optimal fiscal policy rule features a strong counter-cyclical response to the deviation of inflation from the … inflation significantly improves welfare and reduces the lower-bound frequency. In addition, the optimal simple monetary and …

strengthens the gains from make-up strategies relative to inflation targeting, especially if policy space is reduced. This result … permanent scars on long-run aggregate supply. Make-up strategies not only foster the alignment of inflation with target but also … inherent make-up element is sufficiently pronounced. Inflation is less responsive to monetary policy due to the interaction …

We show that the announcement of the ECB’s Strategy Review and the revision of its inflation target in summer 2021 went … persistent credibility gains, even after inflation increased …

shocks from wages to inflation. Downward wage rigidities help explaining the asymmetric business cycle of many OECD countries …

We challenge the view that the relationship between money and prices is too loose in countries with low inflation rates … the long-run and find that the short-run correlation between annual inflation and model-based excess money growth is not …