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 …

choose a path for the inflation rate that ends with a non-zero value. Such a property is relevant in a wide range of … youth structure. In this setting, profit flows are discounted more heavily than utility flows and the optimal inflation … long-run inflation rate in models with firm entry and exit and in environments with search and matching frictions in the …

This paper evaluates the success of Inflation Targeting on inflation and growth on a large panel data set of both … evidence to show that the support for a successful Inflation Targeting policy is very weak or non-existent. We use various … the process by which inflation targeting is hypothesised to influence inflation and growth, Section 3 surveys this …

This paper evaluates the success of Inflation Targeting on inflation and growth on a large panel data set of both … evidence to show that the support for a successful Inflation Targeting policy is very weak or non-existent. We use various … the process by which inflation targeting is hypothesised to influence inflation and growth, Section 3 surveys this …

-run trade-offs between output and inflation: lower trend inflation flattens the Phillips curve and decreases steady-state output … by increasing markups. We show that the aggregator reduces both the steady-state welfare cost of higher trend inflation … and the inflation-related weight in a model-based welfare function for higher trend inflation. Consequently, optimal trend …

The number of studies investigating the effects of inflation targeting (IT) on inflation and macroeconomic variables … effect and instrumental variable (IV) techniques to estimate the effect of IT on inflation and economic growth for a sample … of 40 middle-income countries. Generally, we find that the effects of IT on inflation is quantitatively large but …

This paper analyses the effects of two alternative monetary strategies (exchange rate targeting and inflation targeting … that countries in exchange rate targeting have a higher rate of GDP growth and lower inflation rate. In order to test the … related to exchange rate targeting, the effects of the introduction of inflation targeting in the unemployment rate were also …

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 …

monetary policies based on the inflation targeting regime. Nevertheless, there is no theoretical evidence as to which inflation … determine which inflation level is a threshold for the economic growth. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship … between price stability and economic growth of the selected countries applying inflation targeting. We use threshold dynamic …