Inflation Forecast Targeting: Implementing and Monitoring Inflation Targets

38 Pages Posted: 20 Jan 1997

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Lars E. O. Svensson

Stockholm School of Economics; Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES); National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

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Date Written: October 1996

Abstract

Inflation targeting is shown to imply inflation forecast targeting: the central bank's inflation forecast becomes an explicit intermediate target. Inflation forecast targeting simplifies both implementation and monitoring of monetary policy. The weight on output stabilization determines how quickly the inflation forecast is adjusted towards the inflation target. Money growth or exchange rate targeting is generally inferior to inflation targeting and leads to higher inflation variability. Commitment to "target rules" may be more effective than commitment to "instrument rules."

JEL Classification: E52, E58

Suggested Citation

Svensson, Lars E.O., Inflation Forecast Targeting: Implementing and Monitoring Inflation Targets (October 1996). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1334 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1334

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