The Case for a Long-Run Inflation Target of Four Percent /

Many central banks target an inflation rate near two percent. This essay argues that policymakers would do better to target four percent inflation. A four percent target would ease the constraints on monetary policy arising from the zero bound on interest rates, with the result that economic downtur...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ball, Laurence
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2014/092
Online Access:Full text available on IMF