Inflation targets and the yield curve: New Zealand and Australia versus the US

International Journal of Finance and Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-32

  Siklos, Pierre L ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inflation; New Zealand; Targets; Yield curve

Indexed keywords

INFLATION; NATIONAL TRADE; YIELD;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034077246     PISSN: 10769307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1158(200002)5:1<15::AID-IJFE114>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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