Inflation Targeting and Communication : It Pays Off to Read Inflation Reports /

Inflation-targeting central banks have a respectable track record at explaining their policy actions and corresponding inflation outturns. Using a simple forward-looking policy rule and an assessment of inflation reports, we provide a new methodology for the empirical evaluation of consistency in ce...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smidkova, Katerina
Other Authors: Bulir, Ales, Kotlan, Viktor, Navratil, David
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/234
Online Access:Full text available on IMF