Real Interest Rate Targeting: An Example From Brazil
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Summary:
This paper examines a real interest rate targeting procedure based on lagged inflation similar to the policy followed by the Brazilian monetary authorities during the period November 1986 to December 1988, focusing on the issue of the determinacy of the price level. For the specific model examined, the analysis suggests that such a targeting procedure would not suffer from the frequently noted defect of nominal interest rate targeting rules of leaving the conditional expectation of the next period price level undetermined.
Series:
Working Paper No. 1990/111
Subject:
Financial services Inflation Interest rate policy Monetary policy Prices Real interest rates
English
Publication Date:
December 1, 1990
ISBN/ISSN:
9781451945041/1018-5941
Stock No:
WPIEA1111990
Pages:
26
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