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Measuring the effect of the zero lower bound on medium- and longer-term interest rates

Swanson, Eric T.; Williams, John C. - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - 2012

The zero lower bound on nominal interest rates has constrained the Federal Reserve’s setting of the overnight federal funds rate for over three years running. According to many macroeconomic models, such an extended period of being stuck at the zero bound has important implications for the...

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Heeding Daedalus: Optimal inflation and the zero lower bound

Williams, John C. - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - 2009

This paper reexamines the implications of the zero lower bound on interest rates for monetary policy and the optimal choice of steady-state inflation in light of the experience of the recent global recession. There are two main findings. First, the zero lower bound did not materially contribute...

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Subjective Intertemporal Substitution

Crump, Richard K. - 2020

We estimate the elasticity of intertemporal substitution (EIS)—the response of expected consumption growth to changes …). This unique data set allows us to estimate the consumption Euler equation with no auxiliary assumptions on the properties … with the results of much of the literature. In addition, planned consumption displays excess sensitivity to expected income …

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Inflation band targeting and optimal inflation contracts

Mishkin, Frederic S.; Westelius, Niklas J. - In: Journal of money, credit and banking : JMCB 40 (2008) 4, pp. 557-582

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Globalization, macroeconomic performance, and monetary policy

Mishkin, Frederic S. - In: Journal of money, credit and banking : JMCB 41 (2009), pp. 187-196

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Have we underestimated the likelihood and severity of zero lower bound events?

Hess, Chung; Laforte, Jean-Philippe; Reifschneider, … - In: Journal of money, credit and banking : JMCB 44 (2012), pp. 47-82

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Three lessons for monetary policy in a low-inflation era

Reifschneider, David Leon; Williams, John C. - In: Journal of money, credit and banking : JMCB 32 (2000) 4,2, pp. 936-966

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Monetary Policy Frameworks and the Effective Lower Bound on Interest Rates

Mertens, Thomas M. - 2019

This paper applies a standard New Keynesian model to analyze the effects of monetary policy in the presence of a low natural rate of interest and a lower bound on interest rates. Under a standard inflation-targeting approach, inflation expectations will be anchored at a level below the inflation...

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Tying Down the Anchor : Monetary Policy Rules and the Lower Bound on Interest Rates

Mertens, Thomas M. - 2019

This paper uses a standard New Keynesian model to analyze the effects and implementation of various monetary policy frameworks in the presence of a low natural rate of interest and a lower bound on interest rates. Under a standard inflation-targeting approach, inflation expectations will be...

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What to Expect From the Lower Bound on Interest Rates : Evidence from Derivatives Prices

Mertens, Thomas M. - 2020

This paper analyzes the effects of the lower bound for interest rates on the distributions of inflation and interest rates. We study a stylized New Keynesian model where the policy instrument is subject to a lower bound to motivate the empirical analysis. Two equilibria emerge: In the “target...

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