Title of article :
Perhapsthe1970sFOMCdidwhatitsaiditdid
Author/Authors :
SharonKozicki، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
Abstract :
BriefingforecastspreparedfortheFederalOpenMarketCommittee(FOMC)areusedto
estimatechangesinthedesignofUSmonetarypolicyandintheimpliedpolicytarget
forinflationfrom1970through1997.BothestimatedpolicyrateresponsesandFOMC
transcripts areconsistentwithintermediatetargetingofmonetaryaggregatesthrough-
out theGreatInflationofthe1970s.TheunpublishedFOMCtargetsforM1growthare
tabulated.Empiricalresultssupportaneffectiveinflationtargetofroughly7%inthe
1970sand3%thereafter.Anotabledifferenceinthe1970smonetarypoliciesoftheUS
and GermanyistheabsenceofexplicitpublicobjectivesforUSlong-runinflation
Keywords :
Asymmetric informationFOMC M1targetsThe GreatInflationTime-varyingpolicyresponses
Journal title :
Journal of Monetary Economics
Journal title :
Journal of Monetary Economics