UK inflation in the 1970s and 1980s: The role of output gap mismeasurement

Journal of Economics and Business

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 353-370

  Nelson, Edward ^a   Nikolov, Kalin ^b  

^a BANK OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Div 2   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Great Inflation; Inflation targeting; Interest rate rules; Output gap; Potential output; Real time data; Taylor rule; UK monetary policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 17144411386     PISSN: 01486195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-6195(03)00030-4     Document Type: Article

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