Empirical evidence presented in this paper shows that the predictability of inflation at long horizons varies … systematic monetary policy succeeds in stabilizing the incipient unit root in inflation. The mechanism by which it does this … that monetary policy need not be so vigorous in reactions to inflation. This helps to explain why inflation rates in the U …

The implementation of economic reforms under new economic policies in India was associated with a paradigmatic shift in … the consequences of such policy measures in India, particularly during the period of the global recession. Not only did … India, this paper concludes that such monetarist policy measures have been responsible for stagnation, with a rise in price …

We study how changes in the value of the steady-state real interest rate affect the optimal inflation target, both in …-for-one: increases in the optimal inflation rate are generally lower than declines in the steady state real interest rate. Our approach … allows us not only to assess the uncertainty surrounding the optimal inflation target, but also to determine the latter while …

permanent shifts of the exchange rate and the price level if a central bank anchors long-run inflation expectations. In line …-run price level target rather than a long-run inflation target avoids these permanent shifts of the exchange rate and the price …

the inflation rate, the deviation in real GDP (Gross Domestic Product), the deviation in money supply, the deviation in … weight to the deviation in unemployment rate, and moderate weights are assigned to the deviation in the inflation rate, the …

The paper presents the welfare cost of inflation in a banking time economy that models exchange credit through a bank … welfare cost of a 10% inflation rate instead of zero, for comparison to other estimates, as well as the cost of a 2% inflation … rate instead of a zero inflation rate. The zero rate is specified as the US inflation rate target in the 1978 Employment …

short some 20 million jobs. Further, there is no reason to believe that the current exceptionally low inflation rates are … transitory. Quite the contrary: without significant fiscal efforts to restore the bargaining power of labor, inflation rates are …

population growth has lowered both the natural rate and inflation by about 0.4 percentage points in recent decades. …