rule cannot be implemented when the central bank uses standing facilities, while it can be implemented with open market …

sources of (potentially time-varying) credit spreads and to allow a role for the central bank's balance sheet in determining … prescriptions and to consider additional dimensions of central bank policy--variations in the size and composition of the central …

In recent years several countries have granted greater independence to their central banks; others have made price … central bank credibility called the time inconsistency of monetary policy. The theory and some empirical aspects of time … central bank cannot credibly commit to honor commitments to keep inflation low than if it can. To ameliorate this "inflation …