a small macro model with NAIRU uncertainity under different assumptions about the way inflation expectations are formed … inflation expectations respond endogenuously policy credibility strengthens the case for forward-looking inflation forecast …

This paper examines the implications of inflation persistence for the inverted Fisher hypothesis that nominal interest … rates do not adjust to inflation because of a high degree of substitutability between money and bonds. It is emphasized that … the substitutability between nominal assets and capital renders the hypothesis inconsistent with the data when inflation …

) has been to raise inflation targets to provide more room for policy rate easing during crises. This paper addresses a … different issue: the relationship between inflation and welfare. The literature is surveyed and a model is developed. A key … conclusion is that an increase in inflation targets gives rise to additional welfare costs, even after the extra room to maneuver …

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 …

time; non-linearities in the inflation equation and in the credibility generating process; and an explicit loss function …This paper presents a model for Inflation Targeting under imperfect policy credibility. It modifies the conventional …. The model highlights problems associated with the practice of setting a series of rigid near-term inflation targets. Also …

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. …