In this article we propose a policy framework for inflation targeting that contains elements of both optimal and simple rules. We use a simple feedback rule for the interest rate to look after monetary policy in the long run whilst using optimal control in the short run to determine appropriate...

The government's Economic and Fiscal Strategy Report (EFSR), published on 11 June, set out its fiscal strategy and its overall spending plans for the years ahead. Strategically, the government stressed the distinction between cur rent and capital spending and committed itself to borrowing no...

Economic forecasts are usually presented as point estimates, despite the margin of uncertainty which surrounds them. In November 1995 the National Institute began to present estimates of the probability of the government's inflation target being met and of there being a fall in GDP. This article...