Monetary policy rules, macroeconomic stability, and inflation: A view from the trenches

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-175

  Orphanides, Athanasios ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

Greenbook forecasts; Monetary policy rules; Real time data; Stagflation

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442455826     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/mcb.2004.0013     Document Type: Review

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