Policy Rules for Inflation Targeting

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Glenn D. Rudebusch

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

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: April 1998

Abstract

Policy rules that are consistent with inflation targeting are examined in a small macroeconomic model of the US economy. We compare the properties and outcomes of explicit instrument rules' as well as targeting rules.' The latter, which imply implicit instrument rules, may be closer to actual operating procedures of inflation-targeting central banks. We find that inflation forecasts are central for good policy rules under inflation targeting. Some simple instrument and targeting rules do remarkably well relative to the optimal rule; others, including some that are often used as representing inflation targeting, do less well.

Suggested Citation

Rudebusch, Glenn D. and Svensson, Lars E.O., Policy Rules for Inflation Targeting (April 1998). NBER Working Paper No. w6512, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=226254

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