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This paper makes an empirical comparison of two simple monetary policy rules, the McCallum rule and the Taylor rule and uses them to assess the monetary policy stance of the ECB during the financial crisis. After the Taylor rule, the McCallum rule ranks among the most widely analysed nominal...
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This article summarizes the results of an empirical study of the monetary policy in the Russian economy. The goal of the work is to establish the conformity of the regulator's policy to the "monetary policy rule". For this purpose, the monetary policy rules are assessed: from the Taylor and...
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Setting the interest rate in an inflation targeting regime requires a total assessment, often translated into forecasts, of the outlook for inflation and real activity. In the assessment process, it is useful to have some references or cross-checks, in terms of simple rules. Although simple...
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US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) projections for the federal funds rate are inherently subject to revision with the availability of new data. But when issued jointly with projections for macroeconomic aggregates, they also contain conditional information about the intended future policy...
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-method-of-moments (GMM) estimation and a New Keynesian dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model with a small open economy version … by the Bayesian estimation. The main findings are summarized as follows. First, the GMM estimation identified an … DSGE-model estimation endorsed theGMMestimation by producing a consistent outcome on the Mongolian monetary policy rule …
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The inertia found in econometric estimates of interest rate rules is a continuing puzzle. Many reasons for it have been offered, though unsatisfactorily, and the issue remains open. In the empirical literature on interest rate rules, inertia in setting interest rates is typically modeled by...
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Understanding the costs and benefits of alternative monetary policy rules is important for economic welfare. Within the context of a small open economy model and building on the work of Mihov and Santacreu (2013), the author analyzes the economic implications of two monetary policy rules. The...
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The design of monetary policy depends on the targeting strategy adopted by the central bank. This strategy describes a set of policy preferences, which are actually the structural parameters to analyse monetary policy making. Accordingly, we develop a calibration method to estimate a central...
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The nature of monetary policy during the 1970s is evaluated through the lens of a forward-looking Taylor rule based on perceptions regarding the outlook for inflation and unemployment at the time policy decisions were made. The evidence suggests that policy during the 1970s was essentially...
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The design of monetary policy depends upon the targeting strategy adopted by the central bank. This strategy describes a set of policy preferences, which are actually the structural parameters to analyse monetary policy making. Accordingly, we develop a novel calibration method to identify...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014120497