important tools for government to influence the economy. Exchange rate and inflation are believed to be the most appealing … studies on the effect of exchange-rate arrangements and inflation targeting on economic growth suffer from the absence of a … results consistently support that an inflation targeting regime has a positive impact on economic growth when compared with an …

economic performance under inflation targets, and arguments that the flexible exchange rate has undermined real economic …

In a recent paper, Atkeson and Kehoe (2004) demonstrated the lack of a robust empirical relationship between inflation … relationship by allowing for inflation and growth to have a nonlinear specification dependent on inflation levels. In particular …, we allow for the possibility that high inflation is negatively correlated with growth, while a positive relationship …

Several empirical studies have suggested that the Bundesbank has pursued inflation targets rather than monetary targets …, the significance of this coefficient drops to 10 percent. By contrast, deviations of the inflation rate from the inflation …. This result holds regardless of whether the lagged or the currently expected inflation rate is employed. The results are …

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 …

volume, an early exit, and a faster exit from the program on output and inflation in the euro area. Model simulations showed … that economic growth and inflation rates would decrease in all three scenarios. However, the effects of the scenario with … particular, an early exit from the program should significantly affect inflation rates, an effect that the European Central 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 …

exception of the Great Moderation. We analyze the Fed and pre-Fed periods in terms of the rates and volatilities of inflation … real GDP growth has been lower under the Fed, while inflation has been higher. The volatilities of inflation and GDP growth …

problem as insufficient demand, when it is actually a supply problem. We do this in a real model, in which inflation is not an …