Exchange-rate policy and the zero bound on nominal interest rates

Günter Coenen and Volker Wieland

No 350, Working Paper Series from European Central Bank

Abstract: In this paper, we study the effectiveness of monetary policy in a severe recession and deflation when nominal interest rates are bounded at zero. We compare two alternative proposals for ameliorating the effect of the zero bound: an exchange-rate peg and price-level targeting. We conduct this quantitative comparison in an empirical macroeconometric model of Japan, the United States and the euro area. Furthermore, we use a stylized micro-founded two-country model to check our qualitative findings. We find that both proposals succeed in generating inflationary expectations and work almost equally well under full credibility of monetary policy. However, price-level targeting may be less effective under imperfect credibility, because the announced price-level target path is not directly observable. JEL Classification: E31, E52, E58, E61

Keywords: exchange rates; liquidity trap; monetary policy rules; nominal rigidities; zero-interest-rate bound (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004-04
Note: 241047
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