Central to the conduct of monetary policy are inflation forecasts. Inflation forecast are not unique. Central banks and … professional organizations generate inflation forecasts while households are surveyed about their inflation outlook. This paper … estimates inflation forecast disagreement for nine economies over the 1999-2009 period, five of which target inflation. I find …

A puzzle from the Great Recession is an apparent mismatch between a fall in the persistence of European inflation rates …, and the increased variability of expert forecasts of inflation. We explain this puzzle and show how country specific … beliefs about inflation are still quite close to the European Central Bank target of 2% (what we call official target …

This article examines the performance of inflation targeters during the 2007-2012 downturn compared to those without … successful policy results in higher inflation and output growth, lower unemployment, and a better fiscal position. The analysis … is conducted separately for developed and emerging countries. Inflation targeting tends to insulate developed countries …

real depreciation of the rupiah, and rapid growth of base money, which resulted in inflation. Thus all prices rose, but …

In this study, we analyze the relationship between inflation and economic growth. To this end, we construct a model of … endogenous growth with creative destruction, incorporating sticky prices due to menu costs. Inflation and deflation reduce the … maximize the rate of economic growth by setting their target inflation rate at the negative of a fundamental growth rate that …