Inflation Targeting as a Framework for Monetary Policy /

Inflation distorts prices, erodes savings, discourages investment, stimulates capital flight, inhibits growth, and makes economic planning a nightmare. During the past decade, several advanced economies have taken a new approach to the age-old problem of controlling inflation through monetary policy...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Debelle, Guy
Other Authors: Masson, Paul, Savastano, Miguel, Sharma, Sunil
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1998.
Series:Economic Issues; Economic Issues ; No. 1998/005
Online Access:Full text available on IMF