What Measure of Inflation Should a Developing Country Central Bank Target? /

In closed or open economy models with complete markets, targeting core inflation enables monetary policy to maximize welfare by replicating the flexible price equilibrium. We analyze this result in the context of developing economies, where a large proportion of households are credit constrained and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anand, Rahul
Other Authors: Prasad, Eswar, Zhang, Boyang
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2015.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2015/205
Online Access:Full text available on IMF