The optimal inflation target and the natural rate of interest

We study how changes in the steady-state real interest rate affect the optimal inflation target in a New Keynesian DSGE model with trend inflation and a lower bound on the nominal interest rate. In this setup, a lower steady-state real interest rate increases the probability of hitting the lower b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Le Bihan, Herve, Gali, Jordi, Andrade, Philippe, Matheron, Julien
Format: Journal Article
Published: Brookings Institution Press 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/81197