This article investigates whether the inflation targeting strategy implies in fact a higher degree of conservatism than other monetary policy regimes. To this end, we use an original indicator of Central Banks? conservatism, based on the Taylor Curve, as suggested by Levieuge and Lucotte [2013]....

[eng] Does the neutralization of movements and impacts of asset prices have to concern monetary policy ? . This article deals with the role of monetary policy in the neutralization of the movements and impacts of asset prices. Analysing at first the importance of the main transmission channels...

The aim of this article is to analyze how financial heterogeneity can accentuate the cyclical divergences inside a monetary union that faces technological, monetary, budgetary and financial shocks. To this purpose, this study relies on a two-country Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium model,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to try to understand the reasons for the differences in amplitude of monetary policy (MP) rate cycles in the USA and the euro area. Among the different candidates, the paper aims to test the role of economic structures, macroeconomic shocks, and MP...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to try to understand the reasons for the differences in amplitude of monetary policy (MP) rate cycles in the USA and the euro area. Among the different candidates, the paper aims to test the role of economic structures, macroeconomic shocks, and MP...

[fre] Cet article cherche à déterminer si diverses variables financières sont activement prises en compte par les banques centrales. Les estimations ne permettent pas d'affirmer qu'elles ont été influencées par l'évolution des cours boursiers, à l'exception de la Banque du Japon. Qui...