Optimal monetary policy with distinct core and headline inflation rates

Journal of Monetary Economics

Volumn 55, Issue SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Bodenstein, Martin ^a   Erceg, Christopher J ^a   Guerrieri, Luca ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

DSGE models; Energy price shocks; Monetary policy tradeoffs

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949126948     PISSN: 03043932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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