We study optimal monetary policy during temporary supply contractions when aggregate demand has inertia and expansionary policy is constrained. In this environment, it is optimal to run the economy hot until supply recovers. Positive output gaps in the low-supply phase lessen the negative output...

The Global Financial Crisis established that policymakers should consider the stage of the financial cycle to better evaluate the cyclical position of the economy when designing monetary policy decisions. If financial variables are omitted from the estimations of the output gap, a common and...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of monetary policy on attracting foreign direct investment. We used data for typical countries in Southeast Asia for the period 1997 to 2020, using regression of least squares (OLS), fixed effects (FEM) and random effects (REM), as well as...