Price-level targeting and stabilization policy

Aleksander Berentsen and Christopher Waller

Review, 2013, issue Mar, 145-164

Abstract: The authors construct a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model to study optimal monetary stabilization policy. Prices are fully flexible and money is essential for trade. The authors? main result is that if the central bank pursues a price-level target, it can control inflation expectations and improve welfare by stabilizing short-run shocks to the economy. The optimal policy involves smoothing nominal interest rates that effectively smooths consumption across states.

Keywords: Monetary policy; Inflation (Finance) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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Journal Article: Price-Level Targeting and Stabilization Policy (2011)
Journal Article: Price‐Level Targeting and Stabilization Policy (2011)
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