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The perverse response of interest rates

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  • Boinet, Virginie
  • Martin, Christopher

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The optimal monetary policy response to an increase in aggregate demand may be to reduce the interest rate. This apparently perverse response of interest rates can occur when the Phillips curve is non-linear.

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  • Boinet, Virginie & Martin, Christopher, 2008. "The perverse response of interest rates," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 99(2), pages 418-420, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:99:y:2008:i:2:p:418-420
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