Estimating the implicit inflation target : an application to U.S. monetary policy /

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Author / Creator:Leigh, Daniel, author.
Imprint:Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, European Dept., ©2005.
Description:1 online resource (24 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:IMF working paper, 2227-8885 ; WP/05/77
IMF working paper ; WP/05/77.
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URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12496489
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Other authors / contributors:International Monetary Fund. European Department, issuing body.
ISBN:1283512521
9781283512527
9781451906325
1451906323
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9781452715865
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 22-24).
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Summary:This paper proposes a new method of estimating the Taylor rule with a time-varying implicit inflation target and a time-varying natural rate of interest. The inflation target and the natural rate are modeled as random walks and are estimated using maximum likelihood and the Kalman filter. I apply this method to U.S. monetary policy over the past 25 years and find considerable time variation in the implicit target, confirming hypotheses about "opportunistic disinflation" and the recent "deflation scare."
Other form:Print version: Leigh, Daniel. Estimating the implicit inflation target. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, European Dept., ©2005
Standard no.:10.5089/9781451906325.001