Inflation targeting (IT) serves as monetary policy framework in several advanced economies, where it has enhanced … instruments to inflation. These prerequisites are largely absent among developing countries, though several of them could with … some further institutional changes and an overriding commitment to low inflation make use of an IT framework. …

The ECB's objective of medium-term inflation below 2 percent has been portrayed by critics as ambiguous, asymmetric … that: (1) in terms of guiding inflation expectations and policymaking, the current definition has functioned much as would … an inflation target centered on 1 1/2-1 3/4 percent; (2) the absence of a specific (point) target for medium …

inflation. …

sub-Saharan African countries on the relative importance of fiscal and monetary determinants of inflation. Based on the … dynamic response of inflation to different shocks, including nominal public debt, results show that a number of SSA countries … of inflation variability, as predicted by the fiscal theory of the price level. …

Persistent inflation and slow stabilization are usually the result of policy accommodation resorted to in an attempt to … avoid the recessionary costs of a sharp reduction of inflation. This paper reviews three explanations for why policymakers …, despite their dislike of inflation, may nevertheless choose to adopt accommodative policies. It emphasizes the role of …

Globalization operates not only by reducing domestic pressures on inflation but also by reducing the scope of domestic … authorities to influence the pace of inflation. First, as markets are integrated, the common, cross-border sources of inflation … increase, reducing the extent of domestically-generated inflation. Based on a methodology identifying common time and sectoral …

with the model show that the steady state welfare maximizing inflation rate may be positive, although the numerical results … are not robust. It is also shown, however, that increases in the inflation rate are never Pareto efficient because during …

The purpose of this paper is to empirically determine the causes of worldwide diversity of inflation volatility. We … with higher inflation volatility. …

Transparency is a central element in most aspects of the design and operation of inflation targeting regimes. This … paper focuses on three elements of inflation targeting most closely associated with transparency: (i) the institutional … arrangements supporting inflation targeting; (ii) the specification of the inflation target; and (iii) the central bank's policy …