Macroeconomic Models for Monetary Policy: A Critical Review from a Finance Perspective

We provide a critical review of macroeconomic models used for monetary policy at central banks from a finance perspective. We review the history of monetary policy modeling, survey the core monetary models used by major central banks, and construct an illustrative model for those readers who are unf...

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Main Authors: Dou, Winston W. (Author), Lo, Andrew W (Author), Muley, Ameya (Author), Uhlig, Harald (Author)
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Annual Reviews, 2021-04-21T19:59:02Z.
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