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This paper makes changes in monetary policy rules (or regimes) endogenous. Changes are triggered when certain endogenous variables cross specified thresholds. Rational expectations equilibria are examined in three models of threshold switching to illustrate that (i) expectations formation...
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This paper makes changes in monetary policy rules (or regimes) endogenous. Changes are triggered when certain endogenous variables cross specified thresholds. Rational expectations equilibria are examined in three models of threshold switching to illustrate that (i) expectations formation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014055631
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A vast empirical literature has documented delayed and persistent effects of monetary policy shocks on output. We show that this finding results from the aggregation of output impulse-responses that differ sharply depending on the timing of the shock: When the monetary policy shock takes place...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014071268
Firms’ market power, measured by markups, has risen substantially and unequally across sectors. To evaluate the implications of these trends for monetary non-neutrality, we develop a quantitative menu cost model that covers multiple sectors with heterogeneous degrees of market competition. Two...
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This paper draws from Japan's recent monetary experiment to examine the effects of an increase in the inflation target … identified inflation target shock. We apply these findings to calibrate the effect of a shock to the inflation target in a new …-Keynesian DSGE model of the Japanese economy. We argue that imperfect observability of the inflation target and a separate exchange …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011563011
This paper draws from Japan's recent monetary experiment to examine the effects of an increase in the inflation target … identified inflation target shock. We apply these findings to calibrate the effect of a shock to the inflation target in a new …-Keynesian DSGE model of the Japanese economy. We argue that imperfect observability of the inflation target and a separate exchange …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013210410
the UK economy. We find that a 1 percentage point increase in the policy rate reduces output by up to 0.6% and inflation …
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The secular decline in the equilibrium real interest rate observed over the past decades has materially limited the room for policy-rate reductions in recessions, and has led to a marked increase in the incidence of episodes where policy rates are likely to be at, or near, the effective lower...
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We review macroeconomic performance over the period since the Global Financial Crisis and the challenges in the pursuit of the Federal Reserve's dual mandate. We characterize the use of forward guidance and balance sheet policies after the federal funds rate reached the effective lower bound. We...
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