Inflation Targeting and Communication [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Smídková Katerina
• Pubblicazione: Washington, : International Monetary Fund, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (44 p.)
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: KotlánViktor NavrátilDavid BulirAles
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; I. Why Inflation Targeting?; Figures; 1. Inflation and Its Determinants, 2000-05; II. Inflation Targeting and Communication; A. Central Bank Communication and Inflation Forecasts; B. The Public; 2. Inflation Forecasts, Policymaking, and Communication Under Conditional; III. Methodology and Sample Selection; 3. The Public's Scrutiny of Central Bank Communication; A. Methodology; B. Sample Selection and Data; IV. Empirical Findings; Tables; 1. Inflation Targeters: Sample Characteristics; A. Summary of Results; 2. Breakdown of Communication Results, Sample Average, 2000-05 ; 3. Clarity of Communication, Sample Averages, 2000-05B. "The Central Bank that Cried Wolf"; 4. Clarity of Communication, Individual Countries, 2000-05; 4. Monetary Policy Communication: 2000-05; C. Robustness Checks; 5. Clarity of Communication: Robustness Checks; V. Conclusions: Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full?; 5. Clarity of Communication, the 2-Year Forecast Horizon, 2000-05; References; Annex
• Sommario/riassunto: Inflation-targeting central banks have a respectable track record at explaining their policy actions and corresponding inflation outturns. Using a simple forward-looking policy rule and an assessment of inflation reports, we provide a new methodology for the empirical evaluation of consistency in central bank communication. We find that the three communication tools-inflation targets, inflation forecasts, and verbal assessments of inflation factors contained in quarterly inflation reports-provided a consistent message in five out of six observations in our 2000-05 sample of Chile, the Czech Re
• Titolo autorizzato: Inflation Targeting and Communication
• ISBN: 1-4623-1744-8; 1-4527-3696-0; 1-282-84185-8; 9786612841859; 1-4518-7092-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464578903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: IMF Working Papers