Monetary Policy Credibility and the Unemployment-Inflation Tradeoff: Some Evidence From 17 Industrial Countries

Author/Editor:

Papa M N'Diaye ; Douglas Laxton

Publication Date:

December 1, 2002

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

Using data on long-term interest rates for 17 industrial countries, this paper develops some simple measures of monetary policy credibility and then tests if such measures improve the out-of-sample forecasts of conventional models of the inflation-unemployment process. The results provide some evidence in favor of the Lucas critique by showing that the short-run unemployment-inflation trade-off tends to improve in countries that are successful in providing low and stable inflation.

Series:

Working Paper No. 2002/220

Subject:

Financial services Inflation Inflation targeting Labor Long term interest rates Monetary policy Prices Real interest rates Unemployment

English

Publication Date:

December 1, 2002

ISBN/ISSN:

9781451875218/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA2202002

Pages:

39

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