Robust Monetary Policy Under Uncertainty About the Lower Bound

Robust Monetary Policy Under Uncertainty About the Lower Bound

Central banks face uncertainty about the true location of the effective lower bound (ELB) on nominal interest rates. We model optimal discretionary monetary policy during a liquidity trap when the central bank designs policy that is robust with respect to the location of the ELB. If the central b...

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Publié dans:MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 14-2019)
Auteur principal: Tillmann, Peter
Format: Article
Langue:anglais
Publié: Philipps-Universität Marburg 2019
Sujets:
Wirtschaft
uncer- tainty
optimal monetary policy
discretion
liquidity trap
robust control
Economics
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Résumé:Central banks face uncertainty about the true location of the effective lower bound (ELB) on nominal interest rates. We model optimal discretionary monetary policy during a liquidity trap when the central bank designs policy that is robust with respect to the location of the ELB. If the central bank fears the worst-case location of the ELB, monetary conditions will be more expansionary before the liquidity trap occurs.
Description matérielle:15 Seiten
ISSN:1867-3678
DOI:10.17192/es2024.0609

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