I compare nominal GDP level targeting to flexible inflation targeting in a small New Keynesian model subject to the …, for a standard calibration, inflation targeting under discretion leaves the economy open to a deflationary trap. Nominal … level rule. These result suggest that inflation targeting should not be ditched. Still, it can be improved significantly, by …

switch from exchange rate to inflation targeting and adoption of a policy rule for the use of petroleum revenues. We find … that the long-run means of CPI and core inflation rates declined significantly until the mid-1990s and have since then … remained close to the inflation target of 2.5% from 2001 onwards. The persistence in especially CPI inflation has fallen during …

adjustment rule, under alternative inflation targets, in terms of output losses in a macroeconomic model, using European Union … credibility, and that a positive inflation target, as opposed to zero inflation, leads to higher and less volatile output. These … countries supports country-specific flexible inflation targeting …

We address this question by examining the conditional dynamics of inflation and output growth in response to markup … shocks for 14 industrialized countries. Markup shocks create a trade-off between output gap and inflation stabilization … purposes, and the theory predicts that conditional on such shocks output growth should be more volatile than inflation in …

This study empirically addresses claims about the effects of strikes on output growth, inflation, and non … any case, this was not contested. Our findings, however, contradict the claims that strikes ensue inflation and …-agriculture employment but has no effect on inflation. The inflation finding suggests that strikes do not cause a wage-price spiral because …

This paper reviews South Africa's monetary policy since 2007 and makes recommendations towards improving the inflation …-targeting framework currently in place. Following a surge in inflation into double digits in 2007/08, the South African Reserve Bank … managed to guide inflation in line with the 3-6 per cent target band. Estimates of South Africa's potential output underwent …

This paper estimates the output cost of fighting inflation-the sacrifice ratio-for the South African economy using … sacrificed while fighting inflation. Hence, the reserve bank is recommended to sustain an inflation rate within the target range …