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Interest rates and monetary policy

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  • S. Gazioglu
  • W. D. McCausland

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This article conducts a thorough intertemporal analysis of nominal interest rate based monetary policy. Its main contribution is to show how such a policy can have different effects depending on the assumptions made about the saving and borrowing behaviour of firms. We consider two cases: (i) consumers are savers and firms are borrowers and (ii) both consumers and firms are borrowers (the nation as a whole is borrowing from abroad). In one case we confirm conventional wisdom, but in the other case we find there may be unexpected and surprising results. Moreover, our analysis has important implications for both inflation and nominal exchange rate targeting policies.

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  • S. Gazioglu & W. D. McCausland, 2009. "Interest rates and monetary policy," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 41(16), pages 2005-2012.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:41:y:2009:i:16:p:2005-2012
    DOI: 10.1080/00036840601019372
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