Purpose – The latest generation of research into macroeconomic policy has turned from more technical aspects of optimal control and expectations formation to consideration of the policymaking institutions themselves. More and more countries have moved towards greater degrees of central bank...

This paper explores the behavior of inflation in countries that formally target inflation - relative to countries with historically good inflation records - but, which do not target the rate of change in the consumer price index (CPI). Pierre L. Siklos examines the design of inflation targets...

A magyar monetáris politika elmúlt évtizedét makroökonómia-tankönyvi modell keretében értékeljük, függetlenül a gazdaságpolitikai feltételek és a politikai hatások változásától. A monetáris politikát a gazdaságpolitika kulcselemeként értelmezzük, amelynek célja a...

Even before the events of the past few years, economists and policy makers were musing about the apparent contradiction between globalization, as it is generally understood, and the seemingly different paths in overall economic activity taken by the emerging and more mature economies of the...