. Quantitative goals take three forms: exchange rates, money growth rates, and inflation targets. We analyse the effects on inflation … of both having a quantitative target, and of hitting a declared target; we also consider effects on output volatility … determinants of inflation (such as fiscal policy, the business cycle, and openness to international trade), and the endogeneity of …

the upswing in the credit volatility that kept money supply variability from translating into inflation and GDP volatility. … volatilities away from the downward trending GDP and inflation volatilities. Using an en dogenous growth monetary DSGE model, with … micro-based banking production, enables a contrasting characterization of the two great volatility cycles over the …

Countries that have pursued distortionary macroeconomic policies, including high inflation, large budget deficits and … misaligned exchange rates, appear to have suffered more macroeconomic volatility and also grown more slowly during the postwar … more ‘extractive’ institutions from their colonial past were more likely to experience high volatility and economic crises …

to an end. This paper offers evidence that the decrease in output volatility still remains in force despite the GR and …

velocity volatility at both business cycle and long run frequencies. With filtered velocity turning negative, starting during …

, control of inflation and control over the growth of national wealth, and a third outcome of importance, a high level of …). The assignment problem considers whether fiscal policy should be used to control inflation, leaving monetary policy to …

pronounced increase of aggregate US producer price inflation. …

stability. These questions are: (1) what are the economic costs of inflation? (2) what part does monetary policy play in the … short- and medium-term evolution of inflation? (3) what are the most appropriate monetary policy strategies for fighting … inflation? …