A Model for Full-Fledged Inflation Targeting and Application to Ghana
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Summary:
A model in which monetary policy pursues full-fledged inflation targeting adapts well to Ghana. Model features include: endogenous policy credibility; non-linearities in the inflation process; and a policy loss function that aims to minimize the variability of output and the interest rate, as well as deviations of inflation from the long-term low-inflation target. The optimal approach from initial high inflation to the ultimate target is gradual; and transitional inflation-reduction objectives are flexible. Over time, as policy earns credibility, expectations of inflation converge towards the long-run target, the output-inflation variability tradeoff improves, and optimal policy responses to shocks moderate.
Series:
Working Paper No. 2010/025
Subject:
Central bank policy rate Inflation Inflation targeting Output gap Supply shocks
English
Publication Date:
January 1, 2010
ISBN/ISSN:
9781451962444/1018-5941
Stock No:
WPIEA2010025
Pages:
30
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