Central Bank Communication and Output Stabilization

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Central Bank Communication and Output Stabilization

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Eijffinger, Sylvester C W
Hoeberichts, Marco
Tesfaselassie, Mewael F.

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Some central banks have a reputation for being secretive. A justification for this behaviour that we find in the literature is that being transparent about operations and beliefs hinders the central bank in achieving the best outcome. In other words, a central bank needs flexibility and therefore cannot be fully transparent. Using a forward-looking New-Keynesian model, we find exactly the opposite. A central bank that is conservative improves output stabilization by being transparent about the procedures it uses to assess the economy and, especially, about the forecast errors it makes. Under certain conditions transparency by a conservative central bank also improves interest rate stabilization. We also find that higher transparency makes it optimal for the central bank to be more conservative as the benefits from higher transparency in terms of output stabilization are greater the more conservative the central bank is.

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- Marco Hoeberichts & Mewael Tesfaselassie & Sylvester Eijffinger, 2004. "Central Bank Communication and Output Stabilization," DNB Staff Reports (discontinued) 122, Netherlands Central Bank. [Downloadable!]
- Marco Hoeberichts & Mewael F. Tesfaselassie & Sylvester Eijffinge, 2004. "Central Bank Communication and Output Stabilization," Money Macro and Finance (MMF) Research Group Conference 2004 98, Money Macro and Finance Research Group. [Downloadable!]
- Marco Hoeberichts & Mewael Tesfaselassie & Sylvester Eijffinger, 2004. "Central Bank Communication and Output Stabilization," DNB Working Papers 003, Netherlands Central Bank, Research Department. [Downloadable!]

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D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search, Learning, and Information
E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies

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Eijffinger, Sylvester C W & van der Cruijsen, Carin A B, 2007. "The Economic Impact of Central Bank Transparency: A Survey," CEPR Discussion Papers 6070, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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- Cruijsen, C. van der & Eijffinger, S.C.W., 2007. "The Economic Impact of Central Bank Transparency: A Survey," Discussion Paper 2007-06, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research. [Downloadable!]
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Michael Ehrmann & Marcel Fratzscher, 2005. "The timing of central bank communication," Working Paper Series 565, European Central Bank. [Downloadable!]
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- Ehrmann, Michael & Fratzscher, Marcel, 2007. "The timing of central bank communication," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 23(1), pages 124-145, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

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