We propose a novel framework to gauge the credibility of central banks' commitment to an inflation-targeting regime …

Modern monetary policy focuses on credibility and shaping consumers' inflation expectations. According to the concept …-making process and may be a specific intermediate target. The aim of the study is to analyse the credibility of inflation forecasts … credibility index. The inflation forecasts' credibility index may be calculated for all types of inflation forecasts made by …

We propose a novel framework to gauge the credibility of central banks' commitment to an inflation-targeting regime …

extent to which inflation expectations are formed by the announced targets. As the credibility of the central bank increases … target. Credibility enables expectation to be formed in a forward-looking way by weakening its connection with the past. This … study aims to contribute to the literature concerning the effects of credibility on monetary policy. For this purpose, using …

Central bank credibility is critical for the effectiveness of monetary policy. The measures of credibility that are … alternative measure that allows us to track the evolution of credibility in an inflationary environment. Credibility is defined as … decisions. We adopt a Bayesian set up to exploit this definition and document how credibility changes over time. Our measure …

success of this regime may depend critically on the credibility of the target and the expectation that the authorities will … anchoring of expectations is interpreted as a gain in credibility. Also considered are the effects on the credibility of the … anchored over the whole sample period, credibility has risen, but at the same time the cost of breaching the target has grown. …

-)establish credibility, optimal monetary policy under discretion is shown to set higher interest rates today if average inflation exceeded … term in the central bank's optimal instrument rule, which we refer to as the credibility loss. Augmenting a standard Taylor … seven central banks and that this influence is economically meaningful. A deteroriation in credibility forces central …

extent to which inflation expectations are formed by the announced targets. As the credibility of the central bank increases … target. Credibility enables expectation to be formed in a forward-looking way by weakening its connection with the past. This … study aims to contribute to the literature concerning the effects of credibility on monetary policy. For this purpose, using …