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Long-term bond yields contain a risk-premium, an important part of which is compensation for inflation risks. The …
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We study monetary policy at the zero lower bound in a traceable three-period model, in which price-level targeting emerges endogenously in the welfare function. We characterize optimal price-level forward guidance under discretion and commitment. Potentially non-monotonic discretionary welfare...
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We study monetary policy at the ZLB in a traceable three-period model, in which price-level targeting emerges endogenously in the welfare function. We characterize optimal price-level forward guidance under discretion and commitment. Potentially non-monotonic discretionary welfare losses are...
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In a New Keynesian macroeconomic model under credible commitment, price level targeting dominates inflation targeting …. But with sufficient inflation aversion the inflation-targeting central bank can produce quantitatively similar results to … one targeting the price level. The current degree of inflation aversion demonstrated by the Bank of England may be …
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I characterize optimal monetary and fiscal policy in a stochastic New Keynesian model when nominal interest rates may occasionally hit the zero lower bound. The benevolent policymaker controls the short-term nominal interest rate and the level of government spending. Under discretionary policy,...
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This paper compares the properties of interest rate rules such as simple Taylor rules and rules that respond to price-level fluctuations - called Wicksellian rules - in a basic forward-looking model. By introducing appropriate history dependence in policy, Wicksellian rules perform better than...
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Reserve Bank of India's present interest rate policy for maintaining price stability in the economy is not highly commendable. Precisely, when the economic and industrial growth is facing a downturn, this downward rigidity in interest policy of the highest monetary of the country is beyond...
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