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Record Nr.

UNINA9910972048103321

Autore

Roger Scott

Titolo

Inflation Targeting at 20 - Achievements and Challenges / / Scott Roger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009

ISBN

9786612844379

9781462355761

1462355765

9781452708690

145270869X

9781282844377

1282844377

9781451873832

1451873832

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (51 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Disciplina

339.4

Soggetti

Inflation (Finance)

Banks and banking, Central

Monetary policy

Deflation

Emerging and frontier financial markets

Finance

Finance: General

Financial services industry

General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data)

Government policy

Income

Inflation targeting

Inflation

Macroeconomics

Monetary economics

Monetary Policy

Money and Monetary Policy

Personal income

Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions

Price Level

Price stabilization

Prices



New Zealand

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"October 2009."

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; I. Introduction; II. The Shift Toward Inflation Targeting; III. Elements of Inflation Targeting Frameworks; A. Central Bank Mandates; B. Policy Accountability and Transparency; C. Inflation Targets; D. Policy Formulation and Implementation; IV. Performance Under Inflation Targeting; A. Performance in Achieving Inflation Targets; B. Macroeconomic Performance under Alternative Monetary Policy Regimes; C. Resilience of Inflation Targeting; V. Issues and Challenges for Inflation Targeting

A. Adapting Inflation Targeting to Emerging Market and Developing CountriesB. Inflation Targeting and Financial Stability; Footnotes

Sommario/riassunto

This paper provides an overview of inflation targeting frameworks and macroeconomic performance under inflation targeting. Inflation targeting frameworks are generally quite similar across countries, and a broad consensus has developed in favor of "flexible" inflation targeting. The evidence shows that, although inflation target ranges are missed frequently in most countries, the inflation and growth performance under inflation targeting compares very favorably with performance under alternative frameworks. Inflation targeters also tentatively appear to be coping better with the commodity price and financial shocks in 2007-2009 than non-inflation targeters. Key issues going forward include adapting inflation targeting to emerging market and developing countries, and incorporating financial stability issues into the framework.