| Publisher | Federal Reserve Board | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Format | 194.6KB PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5 | Date added | 01 Jul 1999 |
| Topics | Currency Conversion, Economic Modeling | ||
| Downloads | 10 | ||
This paper explores issues that arise in implementing monetary policy under conditions of sustained price stability. We discuss several issues that concern the selection of a central bank’s inflation objective: price measurement questions must be recognized in articulating the goals of monetary policy under sustained low inflation, questions about the behavior of other key nominal variables, particularly wages, when price increases are on average about zero, and the possibility of other channels through which conditions of very low inflation change relationships within the real economy. We present a framework for analyzing monetary policy reaction functions that can illuminate the choices facing policy makers in a regime of price stability. The zero lower bound on nominal interest rates is a potential constraint on monetary policy when nominal interest rates are low on average, which will tend to be the case when long-term inflation is low. We summarize the results of research done at the Federal Reserve to clarify these issues for the United States and consider the availability and effectiveness of alternative policy tools when the nominal interest rate is at the zero bound.
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