Inflation Targeting: A New Framework for Monetary Policy?

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-116

  Bernanke, Ben S ^a,b   Mishkin, Frederic S ^b,c,d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 0002843353     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.11.2.97     Document Type: Article

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