Policy Rules for Inflation Targeting / Glenn D. Rudebusch, Lars E. O. Svensson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rudebusch, Glenn D.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Svensson, Lars E. O.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w6512.

NBER working paper series no. w6512

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1998.

Summary:

Policy rules that are consistent with inflation targeting are examined in a small macroeconomic model of the US economy. We compare the properties and outcomes of explicit instrument rules' as well as targeting rules.' The latter, which imply implicit instrument rules, may be closer to actual operating procedures of inflation-targeting central banks. We find that inflation forecasts are central for good policy rules under inflation targeting. Some simple instrument and targeting rules do remarkably well relative to the optimal rule; others, including some that are often used as representing inflation targeting, do less well.

Notes:

Print version record

April 1998.