As the Chinese economy becomes more market based and continues its rapid integration into the global economy, having an independent and effective monetary policy regime oriented to domestic objectives will become increasingly important. Employing modern principles of monetary policy in light of...

As China''s economy becomes more market based and continues its rapid integration into the global economy, having an independent and effective monetary policy regime oriented to domestic objectives will become increasingly important. Employing modern principles of monetary policy in light of the...

As the Chinese economy becomes more market based and continues its rapid integration into the global economy, having an independent and effective monetary policy regime oriented to domestic objectives will become increasingly important. Employing modern principles of monetary policy in light of...

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW -- II. LOW INFLATION OBJECTIVE AS NOMINAL ANCHOR -- III. PRINCIPLES OF MONETARY POLICY GEARED TOWARD TARGETING INFLATION -- IV. INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT FOR INDEPENDENT MONETARY POLICY -- V. MONETARY AND BANKING INSTITUTIONS IN CHINA -- VI....

The paper begins by tracing the origins of the case for inflation targeting in postwar US monetary history. It describes five aspects of inflation targeting practiced implicitly by the Greenspan Fed. It argues that (1) low long run inflation should be an explicit priority for monetary policy,...