Arbeitspapier

Monetary policy, determinacy, and the natural rate hypothesis

Imposing the natural rate hypothesis (NRH) can dramatically alter the determinacy bounds on monetary policy by closing the output gap in the long run. I show that the hypothesis eliminates any role for the output gap in determinacy and renders the conditions for determinacy identical for all conforming supply equations. Specializing further to IS demand, determinacy depends only on the parameters in the interest rate rule and a pure forward or backward-looking inflation target is inconsistent with determinacy. Monetary policy that embodies the Taylor principle with respect to contemporaneous inflation delivers a determinate equilibrium in all models that satisfy the NRH.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: SFB 649 Discussion Paper ; No. 2011-049

Classification
Wirtschaft
Existence and Stability Conditions of Equilibrium
Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects
Monetary Policy
Subject
determinacy
natural rate hypothesis
Phillips curve
Taylor Principle
Geldpolitik
Taylor-Regel
Natürliche Arbeitslosigkeit
Phillips-Kurve
Neukeynesianische Makroökonomik
Theorie

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Meyer-Gohde, Alexander
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Humboldt University of Berlin, Collaborative Research Center 649 - Economic Risk
(where)
Berlin
(when)
2011

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  • Arbeitspapier

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  • Meyer-Gohde, Alexander
  • Humboldt University of Berlin, Collaborative Research Center 649 - Economic Risk

Time of origin

  • 2011

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