The Zero Interest Rate Floor (ZIF) and its Implications for Monetary Policy in Japan /

This paper uses the IMF's macroeconomic model MULTIMOD to examine the implications of the zero-interest-rate floor (ZIF) for the design of monetary policy in Japan. Similar to findings in other studies, targeting rates of inflation lower than 2.0 percent significantly increases the likelihood o...

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Autor principal: Laxton, Douglas
Altres autors: Hunt, Benjamin
Format: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicat: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2001.
Col·lecció:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2001/186
Accés en línia:Full text available on IMF