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Inflation Targets as Focal Points

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Maria Demertzis (De Nederlandsche Bank and University of Amsterdam)
Nicola Viegi (University of KwaZulu-Natal)

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Paper provided by Money Macro and Finance Research Group in its series Money Macro and Finance (MMF) Research Group Conference 2005 with number 52.

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