Maintaining low inflation: Money, interest rates, and policy stance

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 1441-1471

  Reynard, Samuel ^a  

^a SWISS NATIONAL BANK   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Equilibrium interest rate; Inflation; Monetary aggregates; Monetary policy; Output; Taylor rule

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547680391     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2007.06.018     Document Type: Article

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