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The Optimal Monetary Policy Response to Tariffs

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  • Javier Bianchi
  • Louphou Coulibaly

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What is the optimal monetary policy response to tariffs? This paper explores this question within an open-economy New Keynesian model and shows that the optimal monetary policy response is expansionary, with inflation rising above and beyond the direct effects of tariffs. This result holds regardless of whether tariffs apply to consumption goods or intermediate inputs, whether the shock is temporary or permanent, and whether tariffs address other distortions.

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  • Javier Bianchi & Louphou Coulibaly, 2025. "The Optimal Monetary Policy Response to Tariffs," Working Papers 810, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedmwp:99705
    DOI: 10.21034/wp.810
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    1. Benjamin M. Friedman & Michael Woodford (ed.), 2010. "Handbook of Monetary Economics," Handbook of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, edition 1, volume 3, number 3.
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    1. Paul Bergin & Giancarlo Corsetti, 2025. "Monetary Stabilization of Sectoral Tariffs," NBER Working Papers 33845, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    2. Eduardo D‡vila & AndrŽs Rodr’guez-Clare & Andreas Schaab & Stacy Tan, 2025. "A Dynamic Theory of Optimal Tariffs," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers 2444, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University.

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    • F41 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Open Economy Macroeconomics
    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations

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