interpreted, first and foremost, as a commitment device. In our setting, a monetary target helps anchoring inflation and inflation … well as a strong response to deviations of inflation from target and to the activity growth gap. In contrast, the response …

developments should be monitored closely and monetary policy tightened further should inflation pressures increase. The …

This paper explores the role of exchange rates in emerging economies with inflation-targeting regimes, an issue that … has become especially germane during the current episode of financial turmoil and volatile capital flows. Under inflation … targeting, the interest rate is the main monetary policy tool for influencing activity and inflation, and there is little …

some of the area's institutional features, which may impart considerable persistence to area-wide inflation, caution … against shifting to conventional inflation targeting. But the time series evidence also seems to point to a relatively loose … connection between variations in nominal money growth and inflation in the short to medium run. As a consequence, effective …

This paper classifies countries that define their monetary policy framework by an inflation target into full …-fledged inflation targeters, eclectic inflation targeters and inflation targeting lite regimes. This classification is based on … indicators of the clarity and credibility of the commitment to the inflation target. The three regimes can be viewed as …