Three lessons for monetary policy in a low-inflation era

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 936-966

  Reifschneider, David ^a   Williams, John C ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

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EID: 79953322172     PISSN: 00222879     EISSN: 15384616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2601151     Document Type: Article

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