Inflation targeting during asset and commodity price booms

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-35

  Batini, Nicoletta ^a   Tereanu, Eugen ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Asset prices; Bubble; Inflation targeting; Monetary policy rules; Oil prices; Optimal horizon; Supply shock

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BANK; COMMODITY PRICE; ENERGY MARKET; FINANCIAL CRISIS; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; GLOBAL ECONOMY; INFLATION; INTEREST RATE; MONETARY POLICY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953417497     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grp032     Document Type: Article

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