This paper deals with the relationship between inflation targeting and exchange rates. I address three specific issues …: first, I analyze the effectiveness of nominal exchange rates as shock absorbers in countries with inflation targeting. This … volatility is different in countries with an inflation targeting regime than in countries with alternative monetary policy …

Policy rules that are consistent with inflation targeting are examined in a small macroeconomic model of the US economy … implicit instrument rules, may be closer to actual operating procedures of inflation-targeting central banks. We find that … inflation forecasts are central for good policy rules under inflation targeting. Some simple instrument and targeting rules do …

optimal policy is a output and inflation. In an open economy, the optimal rule changes in two ways. First, the policy … instrument is a Conditions Index the exchange rate. Second, on the right side of the rule, inflation is replaced by filters out … the transitory effects of exchange-rate movements. The model also implies that pure inflation targeting is dangerous in an …

inflation (with base drift in the price level) and price-level stability (without such base drift) are compared, and a suitable … loss function (corresponding to flexible inflation targeting) is discussed, including the index and level for the inflation … price stability. The benefits of credibility (private inflation expectations coinciding with the inflation target) are …

This paper examines what strategies policymakers have used to both reduce and control inflation. It first outlines why … a consensus has emerged that inflation needs to be controlled. Then it examines four basic strategies: exchange rate … pegging, monetary targeting, inflation targeting, and the just do it' strategy of preemptive monetary policy with no explicit …

In models with complete markets, targeting core inflation enables monetary policy to maximize welfare by replicating … stabilize price movements in the flexible price sector. Also, in the presence of financial frictions, stabilizing core inflation … frictions a welfare-maximizing central bank should adopt flexible headline inflation targeting--a target based on headline …

This paper considers the problem of optimal long run monetary policy. It shows that optimal inflation policy involves … trading off two quite different considerations. First, increases in the rate of inflation tax the holding of many balances … of inflation raise capital intensity. As long as the economy has a capital stock short of the golden rule level …

. In this context, we test for greater fiscal dominance over 2000-2017 under Inflation Targeting (IT) and non-IT regimes … with greater exchange rate volatility, inflation volatility, and underlying commodity exposure exhibit stronger …

solutions such as the conservative central banker and optimal inflation contracts. Our theoretical model also shows how an … inflation targeting range should be set and how it should respond to changes in the nature of shocks to the economy …