Output Gap in Presence of Financial Frictions and Monetary Policy Trade-Offs
45 Pages Posted: 14 Aug 2014
Date Written: July 2014
Abstract
The recent global financial crisis illustrates that financial frictions are a significant source of volatility in the economy. This paper investigates monetary policy stabilization in an environment where financial frictions are a relevant source of macroeconomic fluctuation. We derive a measure of output gap that accounts for frictions in financial market. Furthermore we illustrate that, in the presence of financial frictions, a benevolent central bank faces a substantial trade-off between nominal and real stabilization; optimal monetary policy significantly reduces fluctuations in price and wage inflations but fails to alleviate the output gap volatility. This suggests a role for macroprudential policies.
Keywords: Economic growth, Business cycles, Monetary policy, Macroprudential Policy, Econometric models, Financial Frictions, Potential output, Optimal Monetary Policy, Output Gap., inflation, monetary economics, wage inflation, central bank, inflation target, price inflation, inflation stabilization, gdp deflator, monetary policy rule, nominal interest rate, monetary policy rules, stable prices, rational expectations, monetary fund, macroeconomic stability, long-term interest rates, nominal rate of return, inflation rate, inflation targeting, money markets, monetary authority, price stability, inflation dynamics, financial stability, monetary policy instrument, central bank monetary policy, real wage
JEL Classification: C51, E12, E24, E31, E32, E44, E52
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