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Practical Model-Based Monetary Policy Analysis: A How-To Guide

By Douglas Laxton, Andrew Berg, Philippe D Karam

March 1, 2006

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Douglas Laxton, Andrew Berg, and Philippe D Karam. Practical Model-Based Monetary Policy Analysis: A How-To Guide, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2006) accessed November 21, 2024
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This paper provides a how-to guide to model-based forecasting and monetary policy analysis. It describes a simple structural model, along the lines of those in use in a number of central banks. This workhorse model consists of an aggregate demand (or IS) curve, a price-setting (or Phillips) curve, a version of the uncovered interest parity condition, and a monetary policy reaction function. The paper discusses how to parameterize the model and use it for forecasting and policy analysis, illustrating with an application to Canada. It also introduces a set of useful software tools for conducting a model-consistent forecast.

Subject: Exchange rates, Foreign exchange, Inflation, Oil prices, Output gap, Prices, Production, Real exchange rates

Keywords: Computational techniques, Demand shock, Excess demand, Exchange rates, Expectations effect, Forecasting and Simulation, Forward-looking inflation term, Global, Headline inflation, Inflation, Inflation equation, Inflation rate, Inflation target path, Model construction and estimation, Monetary Policy, Oil prices, Output gap, Output gap equation, Path Canada, Reaction function, Real exchange rates, Transmission mechanism, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    69

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2006/081

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2006081

  • ISBN:

    9781451863413

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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