Reference rate markets are a central feature in capital markets around the world that enable lenders to expand financing possibilities for the business sector and reduce exposure to risks of unexpected changes in the interest rate. However, due to the many manipulations of reference rates...

Inflation expectations estimates are among the most important indicators used, in particular when implementing the Taylor rule. These estimates include primarily (1) break even inflation for the next 12 months, calculated from the prices of CPI (Consumer Price Index)-indexed and unindexed...

Professor Friedman restates his three reasons for adding credit to the list of intermediate targets for monetary policy: (1) policymakers should broaden their sources of information to include observations on both the asset and liability sides of the public's balance sheet; (2) the domestic...

Attention has been given recently to the issue of targeting a credit aggregate or to using information on a credit aggregate in addition to information on monetary aggregates in the implementation of monetary policy