From Friedman to Taylor: The Revival of Monetary Policy Rules in the 1990s
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Taylor rule; Interest rate rules;JEL classification:
- E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
- E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBA-2025-05-05 (Central Banking)
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- NEP-MON-2025-05-05 (Monetary Economics)
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