Inflation targeting: lessons from four countries

Frederic Mishkin and Adam Posen

Economic Policy Review, 1997, vol. 3, issue Aug, 9-110

Abstract: In recent years, a number of central banks have chosen to orient their monetary policy toward the achievement of numerical inflation targets. This study examines the experience of the first three countries to adopt an inflation-targeting strategy--New Zealand, Canada, and the United Kingdom. It also considers the German experience with a monetary targeting scheme that incorporated many elements of inflation targeting even earlier. The authors find that the countries adopting a numerical inflation target have successfully maintained low inflation rates. Other benefits of inflation targeting include increased central bank accountability, heightened public understanding of monetary policy, and an improved climate for economic growth.

Keywords: Monetary policy - Germany; Monetary policy - Great Britain; Inflation (Finance); Monetary policy - Canada; Monetary policy - New Zealand (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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