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Author/Editor:
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Leigh, Daniel
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Publication Date:
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April 01, 2005
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The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate
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Summary:
This paper proposes a new method of estimating the Taylor rule with a time-varying implicit inflation target and a time-varying natural rate of interest. The inflation target and the natural rate are modeled as random walks and are estimated using maximum likelihood and the Kalman filter. I apply this method to U.S. monetary policy over the past 25 years and find considerable time variation in the implicit target, confirming hypotheses about "opportunistic disinflation" and the recent "deflation scare."
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Series:
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Working Paper No. 05/77
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Subject(s):
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Inflation targeting | United States | Monetary policy | Interest rates | Disinflation | Deflation | Economic models
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Author's Keyword(s):
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Taylor rule | time-varying parameters | Kalman filter |
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