On inflation targeting in the United Kingdom

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-32

  Haldane, Andrew G ^a  

^a BANK OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 11744272292     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9485.00079     Document Type: Article

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