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Inflation targeting : lessons from the international experience /

How should governments and central banks use monetary policy to create a healthy economy? Traditionally, policymakers have used such strategies as controlling the growth of the money supply or pegging the exchange rate to a stable currency. In recent years a promising new approach has emerged: publi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Bernanke, Ben
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1999.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:How should governments and central banks use monetary policy to create a healthy economy? Traditionally, policymakers have used such strategies as controlling the growth of the money supply or pegging the exchange rate to a stable currency. In recent years a promising new approach has emerged: publicly announcing and pursuing specific targets for the rate of inflation. This book is an in-depth study of inflation targeting. Combining penetrating theoretical analysis with detailed empirical studies of countries where inflation targeting has been adopted, the authors show that the strategy has clear advantages over traditional policies. They argue that the U.S.
Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank should adopt this strategy, and they make specific proposals for doing so.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 382 pages : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-365) and index.
ISBN:9780691187396
0691187398