We analyze the influence of the Taylor rule on US monetary policy by estimating the policy preferences of the Fed within a DSGE framework. The policy preferences are represented by a standard loss function, extended with a term that represents the degree of reluctance to letting the interest...

This paper assesses the importance of the zero lower bound on nominal interest rates for the interest-rate channel of monetary policy. We simulate several interest-rate setting policy rules with either high or low inflation targets. We determine the extent to which the zero bound prevents real...

We estimate monetary policy reaction function for Ghana to comprehend the policy behaviour of Bank of Ghana (BOG) over the years using Generalized Methods of Moment technique within wavelet multiscale domain. The empirical results show an overriding evidence of asymmetry monetary policy rule in...

What role does (should) money play in modern central banking? To answer this question, it is necessary to distinguish between the different level playing fields of monetary policy. At the operational level, it is a short-term money market rate which the central bank tries to and can control....

What role does (should) money play in modern central banking? To answer this question, it is necessary to distinguish between the different level playing fields of monetary policy. At the operational level, it is a short-term money market rate which the central bank tries to and can control....

The debate about Canadian-U.S. monetary integration is surveyed. The choice is among overall monetary orders,rather than exchange rate regimes and questions of policy credibility and political accountability are crucial. Canada's recent economic performance under inflation targets, and arguments...

This paper surveys the changes triggered by the financial crisis and the theoretical and practical options for the renewal of the inflation targeting framework. While a comprehensive overview would be impossible to provide, it seeks to present the changes in the monetary strategy of Magyar...

Svensson (2004) suggested that a monetary policy committee of a central bank (MPC) should “find an instrument-rate path such that projections of inflation and output gap ‘look good'.” Academic literature on monetary policy gives guidance as to what the words “look good” means. However,...

We estimate the Smets and Wouters (2007) model augmented with the Gertler and Karadi (2011) financial intermediation sector on US data by using real and financial observables. Given the framework of the estimated model, we address the question whether and how standard monetary policy should...