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The Price Stability Oriented Monetary Policy of the ECB: An Assessment
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Abstract The definition of price stability adopted by the ECB has recently been criticised in the literature, particularly for being unable to fully anchor inflation expectations and creating a deflation risk. In the paper we provide empirical evidence against these claims. Despite the unfavourable macroecon... view more
The definition of price stability adopted by the ECB has recently been criticised in the literature, particularly for being unable to fully anchor inflation expectations and creating a deflation risk. In the paper we provide empirical evidence against these claims. Despite the unfavourable macroeconomic conditions for the euro area since 2001, monetary policy management has lead to the setting of the policy rate at levels compatible with trend inflation (the long-run inflation forecast) in the range 1%-3%, and therefore without affecting negatively the inflation outlook.... view less
Document language
English
Publication Year
2006
Page/Pages
p. 2007-2020
Journal
Applied Economics, 38 (2006) 17
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840500427312
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)