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Karakteristike targetiranja inflacije kao vrste monetarne strategije
Features Of Inflation Targeting As A Type Of Monetary Strategy

Author(s): Marina Đorđević, Jadranka Đurović-Todorović
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Универзитет у Нишу
Keywords: Inflation targeting; Monetary strategy; Price stability

Summary/Abstract: Inflation targeting, at least in its best-practice form, consists of two parts: a policy framework of constrained discretion and a communication strategy that attempts to focus expectations and explain the policy framework to the public. Together, these two elements promote both price stability and well-anchored inflation expectations; the latter, in turn, facilitates more effective stabilization of output and employment. Thus, a well-conceived and well-executed strategy of inflation targeting can deliver good results with respect to output and employment as well as inflation. Although communication plays several important roles in inflation targeting, perhaps the most important is focusing and anchoring expectations. Clearly there are limits to what talk can achieve; ultimately, talk must be backed up by action, in the form of successful policies. Likewise, for a successful and credible central bank like the Federal Reserve, the immediate benefits of adopting a more explicit communication strategy may be modest. Nevertheless, making the investment now in greater transparency about the central bank's objectives, plans, and assessments of the economy could pay increasing dividends in the future. The aim of this paper is to analyse the main features of inflation targeting as a type of monetary policy regimes.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 39-49
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English