Forecast-based monetary policy: The case of Sweden

International Finance

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 349-380

  Jansson, Per ^a   Vredin, Anders ^a  

^a SVERIGES RIKSBANK   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL MARKET; FORECASTING METHOD; MONETARY POLICY; POLICY STRATEGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 0346907289     PISSN: 13670271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1367-0271.2003.00122.x     Document Type: Article

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