. inflation anchoring properties. This layout is then confronted with the policy framework in use in the euro area prior to the … dis-anchoring of long-term inflation expectations experienced in the euro area since 2013, however, suggests that the … policy framework could benefit from a rebalancing towards a formulation with stronger anchoring properties. The inflation aim …

This paper analyses the impact of central bank interven-tions in the inflation targeting regime. The results of …, inflation is lower. As a result of lower price growth, the need for a monetary policy response to an interest rate is also lower …

We study the characteristics of inflation targeting as a shock absorber, using quarterly data for a large panel of … natural disasters. We find that inflation targeting improves macroeconomic performance following such exogenous shocks. It … lowers inflation, raises output growth, and reduces inflation and growth variability compared to alternative monetary regimes …

performs better than an explicit inflation target as proposed by Svensson. The reason is that an inflation target produces a … higher variance of inflation. It is also shown that it is optimal to offer a linear inflation contract that does not depend …

important tools for government to influence the economy. Exchange rate and inflation are believed to be the most appealing … studies on the effect of exchange-rate arrangements and inflation targeting on economic growth suffer from the absence of a … results consistently support that an inflation targeting regime has a positive impact on economic growth when compared with an …

. Specifically, we estimate a series of simple models to measure the impact of inflation targeting on the dispersion of private … sector forecasts of inflation. Using a panel data set that includes 15 countries over 20 years we find no convincing evidence … that adopting an inflation targeting regime leads to a reduction in the dispersion of private sector forecasts of inflation …

This paper assumes that a central bank commits itself to maintaining an inflation target and then asks what measure of … the inflation rate the central bank should use if it wants to maximize economic stability. The paper first formalizes this …

policies in these periods with respect to monetary stability, inflation, and growth challenges. The paper presents an analysis …

stability. To contain domestic inflation these central banks absorb rather then provide liquidity in their regular monetary … policy operations. Based on an augmented Barro-Gordon framework we show that inflation targeting within an environment of … implementing sterilization costs into the central bank's objective function the inflation bias increases …

policy, drive private agents’ inflation expectations and financial asset prices in the main countries of Central and Eastern … outlook – anticipates a more restrictive (accommodative) monetary policy decision, raises (lowers) short-term inflation …