Ball, Laurence M.; Zhang, Junnan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
optimal policy is a version of average inflation targeting: to offset periods when the ELB forces inflation below 2 …This paper derives the optimal monetary-policy rule in a simple model with anchored inflation expectations and an … effective lower bound (ELB) on interest rates, assuming a long-run inflation goal of 2%. With fully anchored expectations, the …