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Why inflation targeting? /

This is the second chapter of a forthcoming monograph entitled ""On Implementing Full-Fledged Inflation-Targeting Regimes: Saying What You Do and Doing What You Say."" We begin by discussing the costs of inflation, including their role in generating boom-bust cycles. Following a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Freedman, Charles (Autor), Laxton, Douglas (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: International Monetary Fund. Research Department
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Washington, DC] : International Monetary Fund (IMF), ©2009.
Colección:IMF working paper ; WP/09/86.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This is the second chapter of a forthcoming monograph entitled ""On Implementing Full-Fledged Inflation-Targeting Regimes: Saying What You Do and Doing What You Say."" We begin by discussing the costs of inflation, including their role in generating boom-bust cycles. Following a general discussion of the need for a nominal anchor, we describe a specific type of monetary anchor, the inflation-targeting regime, and its two key intellectual roots-the absence of long-run trade-offs and the time-inconsistency problem. We conclude by providing a brief introduction to the way in which inflation targe
Descripción Física:1 online resource (25 pages) : color illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 23-25).
ISBN:145191668X
9781451916683
1462349722
9781462349722
1452729891
9781452729893
1282843060
9781282843066
9786612843068
6612843063
ISSN:2227-8885 ;