Optimal Price Indices for Targeting Inflation Under Incomplete Markets /

In models with complete markets, targeting core inflation enables monetary policy to maximize welfare by replicating the flexible price equilibrium. We develop a two-sector two-good new-Keynesian model to study the optimal choice of price index in markets with financial frictions. We find that, in t...

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Autor Principal: Anand, Rahul
Outros autores: Prasad, Eswar
Formato: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/200
Acceso en liña:Full text available on IMF