and does not require targeting a positive average rate of inflation. …

, significant welfare losses. Losses increase further when inflation is partly determined by lagged inflation in the Phillips curve …. Targeting positive inflation rates reduces the frequency of a binding lower bound, but tends to reduce welfare compared to a …

Does an inflation conservative central bank agrave; la Rogoff (1985) remain desirable in a setting with endogenous … spending. The optimal inflation rate internalizing this distortion is positive, but lack of monetary commitment robustly … generates too much inflation. A conservative monetary authority thus remains desirable. Exclusive focus on inflation by the …

Does an inflation conservative central bank à la Rogoff (1985) remain desirable in a setting with endogenous fiscal … optimal inflation rate internalizing this distortion is positive, but lack of monetary commitment robustly generates too much … inflation. A conservative monetary authority thus remains desirable. When fiscal policy is determined before monetary policy …