Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine the relationship between inflation, inflation uncertainty, growth and growth uncertainty for Australia. Design/methodology/approach – Multivariate EGARCH models has been used to estimate the relationship between inflation, inflation...

Nowadays, with the diffusion of inflation targeting, the main instrument that central banks use to achieve final objectives in the implementation of monetary policy (concerning inflation and unemployment) is the interest rate. Furthermore, recent studies point out that central bank transparency...

Nowadays, with the diffusion of inflation targeting, the main instrument that central banks use to achieve final objectives in the implementation of monetary policy (concerning inflation and unemployment) is the interest rate. Furthermore, recent studies point out that central bank transparency...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to deal with the dynamics of a Neo-Keynesian model applied to a small open economy, in order to show the impact of commercial openness on the choice of the optimal inflation target. Design/methodology/approach – The author uses a neo-Keynesian model...