match Canadian macroeconomic data since Canada's adoption of inflation targeting. We use the model to provide a quantitative … assessment of the macroeconomic impact of flexible inflation targeting and some alternative monetary policy regimes. These … alternative monetary policy regimes are average-inflation targeting, price-level targeting and nominal gross domestic product …

We compare the performance of alternative monetary policy frameworks (inflation targeting, average inflation targeting … additional source of societal welfare loss due to cyclical fluctuations in inequality on top of those from inflation and output …

We examine the relative ability of simple inflation targeting (IT) and price level targeting (PLT) monetary policy … rules to minimize both inflation variability and business cycle fluctuations in Canada for shocks that have important … persistent cost-push pressures in the economy leading to a significant deterioration in the inflation - output gap trade …