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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963609703321

Titolo

Inflation, unemployment, and monetary policy / / Robert M. Solow and John B. Taylor ; edited and with an introduction by Benjamin M. Friedman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass, : The MIT Press, c1998

ISBN

0-262-28403-0

0-585-06979-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (127 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SolowRobert M

TaylorJohn B

Disciplina

332.4/973

Soggetti

Monetary policy - United States

Inflation (Finance) - United States

Unemployment - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers and discussion presented at the First Alvin Hansen Symposium on Public Policy, held at Harvard University on Apr. 24, 1995.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [111]-114) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Inflation, Unemployment, and Monetary Policy""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Inflation, Unemployment, and Monetary Policy""; ""How Cautious Must the Fed Be?""; ""Monetary Policy Guidelines for Employment and Inflation Stability""; ""Comments""; ""Responses""; ""Rejoinder""; ""Contributors""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

The connection between price inflation and real economic activity has been a focus of macroeconomic research and debate. Although this connection is crucial to our understanding of what monetary policy can and cannot accomplish, opinions about its basic properties have swung widely over the years.