Inflation Targeting and Output Growth: Empirical Evidence for the European Union

Nicholas Apergis (), Stephen M. Miller (), Alexandros Panethimitakis and Athanasios Vamvakidis

No 05/89, IMF Working Papers from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This paper evaluates the performance of two alternative policy rules, a forward-looking rule and a spontaneous adjustment rule, under alternative inflation targets, in terms of output losses in a macroeconomic model, using European Union data. The simulations suggest that forward-looking rules contribute to macroeconomic stability and monetary policy credibility, and that a positive inflation target, as opposed to zero inflation, leads to higher and less volatile output. These results are robust to changes in the specification of the model and time period. The same methodology applied to individual countries supports country-specific flexible inflation targeting.

Keywords: Inflation targeting; European Union; Economic growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2005-05-19
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