Inflation zone targeting

European Economic Review

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1351-1387

  Orphanides, Athanasios ^a   Wieland, Volker ^a  

^a Division of Monetary Affairs   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflation targeting; Optimal monetary policy; Price stability

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC POLICY; INFLATION; MONETARY POLICY; TARGETING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033919338     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2921(00)00033-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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