area (EA) and the US. The estimations show that until mid-2014 the ECB's response to inflation was more forceful when … inflation was above 2% than below 2%. Since then, the ECB's policy can be characterised as symmetric, and we quantify the … bound and a low neutral real rate, and find that it prescribes a stronger response to inflation and the output gap when …

inflation and the output gap in the central bank's interest rate rule. Specifically, we isolate the influence of forward …

. Even if monetary policy is found to react only mildly to inflation pre-Volcker, the substantial degrees of bounded …

In a simple New Keynesian model, we derive a closed form solution for the inflation-gap persistence parameter as a … to inflation and the output gap, we show that the empirically observed changes in U.S. inflation-gap persistence during … Benati's (2008) view that inflation persistence should not be considered a structural parameter in the sense of Lucas …

employment), inflation and the price level. This paper assesses how these tradeoffs have evolved over time and varied across … outcomes and tradeoffs. We also calculate Sacrifice Ratios (output losses per inflation reduction) and document a historically …

The recovery from the Global Financial Crisis was characterized by sluggish output growth and by inflation remaining … persistently below the inflation targets of central banks in many advanced economies despite an unprecedented monetary expansion …