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New-Keynesian Models and Monetary Policy: A Reexamination of the Stylized Facts

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Söderström, Ulf () (Sveriges Riksbank)
Söderlind, Paul () (Dept. of Finance, Stockholm School of Economics)
Vredin, Anders () (Sveriges Riksbank)

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Using an empirical New-Keynesian model with optimal discretionary monetary policy, we calibrate key parameters - the central bank's preference parameters; the degree of forward-looking behavior in the determination of inflation and output; and the variances of inflation and output shocks - to match some broad characteristics of U.S. data. Our preferred parameterizations all imply a small concern for output stability but a large preference for interest rate smoothing, and a small degree of forward-looking behavior in price-setting but a large degree of forward-looking in the determination of output. We provide some intuition for these results and discuss their consequences for practical monetary policy analysis.

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Paper provided by Stockholm School of Economics in its series Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance with number 511.

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Date of creation: 18 Sep 2002
Date of revision: 15 Aug 2003
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Keywords: Interest rate smoothing central bank objectives forward-looking behavior

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E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
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