Knotek, Edward S. Knotek, II; Khan, Shujaat - Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland - 2014
This paper revisits the phenomenon of stagflation. Using a standard New Keynesian dynamic, stochastic general … equilibrium model, we show that stagflation from monetary policy alone is a very common occurrence when the economy is subject to … both deviations from the policy rule and a drifting inflation target. Once the inflation target is fixed, the incidence of …