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The Goal of Price Stability: A Review of the Issues
Technical Report No. 54
Jack Selody
The basic responsibility of a central bank is to preserve the value of money—that is, to maintain stability in the general level of prices. This report pulls together the main arguments for and against price stability as the appropriate goal for monetary policy. The available evidence suggests that the benefits of price stability are many […]
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Technical reports
Topic(s):
Inflation targets
JEL Code(s):
E,
E3,
E31,
E5,
E50
Asset Stocks and the Use of Monetary and Fiscal Policies to Reduce Inflation
Technical Report No. 35
Paul Masson
This paper analyzes the dynamic behaviour of a country's economy under different policy regimes, by examining the cyclical effects that occur when certain intermediate macroeconomic targets are adopted. To highlight the differences in the adjustment paths that result, the study deliberately limits policy choice: either money supply or nominal income as targets, and either real […]
Content Type(s):
Staff research,
Technical reports
Topic(s):
Fiscal policy,
Inflation and prices,
Monetary policy and uncertainty
JEL Code(s):
E,
E3,
E31,
E6,
E63