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Price-Level Targeting and Stabilization Policy

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  • ALEKSANDER BERENTSEN
  • CHRISTOPHER WALLER

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The authors construct a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model to study optimal monetary stabilization policy. Prices are fully flexible and money is essential for trade. The authors? main result is that if the central bank pursues a price-level target, it can control inflation expectations and improve welfare by stabilizing short-run shocks to the economy. The optimal policy involves smoothing nominal interest rates that effectively smooths consumption across states.
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  • Aleksander Berentsen & Christopher Waller, 2011. "Price-Level Targeting and Stabilization Policy," Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 43, pages 559-580, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:mcb:jmoncb:v:43:y:2011:i::p:559-580
    DOI: j.1538-4616.2011.00452.x
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