One Decade of Inflation Targeting in the World: What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Know? / Frederic S. Mishkin, Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mishkin, Frederic S.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Schmidt-Hebbel, Klaus.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w8397.

NBER working paper series no. w8397

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Other Title:

One Decade of Inflation Targeting in the World

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2001.

Summary:

One decade of inflation targeting in the world offers lessons on the design and implementation of inflation targeting, the conduct of monetary policy, and country performance under inflation targeting. This paper reviews briefly the main design features of 18 inflation targeting experiences, analyzes statistically if countries under inflation targeting are structurally different from non-inflation targeting industrial countries, and reviews existing evidence about the success of inflation targeting. The interaction of inflation targeting design features and the conduct of monetary policy during transition to low inflation are tackled next. The paper ends by focusing on unresolved issues on design and implementation of inflation targeting and their relation to the conduct of monetary policy open issues that have to be addressed in the next decade of inflation targeting.

Notes:

Print version record

July 2001.