too-low inflation. The experience of the Bank of Japan's encounter with the zero lower bound suggests important benefits … from a clear definition of price stability as a symmetric 2% goal for inflation, which the Bank adopted in 2013. … Geldpolitik auch beim Einsatz unkonventioneller Maßnahmen erfolgreich ist? Athanasios Orphanides analysiert die Maßnahmen der Bank …

Inflation in advanced economies is low by historical standards but there is no threat of deflation. Slower economic … growth is caused by supply-side constraints rather than low inflation. Below-the-target inflation does not damage the … reputation of central banks. Thus, central banks should not try to bring inflation back to the targeted level of 2%. Rather, they …

facto central bank independence. -- Central bank research ; Fiscal policy ; Inflation: costs and benefits …

free float, an independent monetary authority and inflation targeting yields an outcome that mimics the price stabilization … authority and inflation targeting, would be Pareto-improving when compared to harder regimes. …