Changes in the federal reserve's inflation target: Causes and consequences

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1851-1882

  Ireland, Peter N ^a,b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Federal Reserve; Inflation target; New Keynesian model

Indexed keywords

EID: 36348939170     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-4616.2007.00091.x     Document Type: Article

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