Attenuating the forward guidance puzzle: Implications for optimal monetary policy

We examine the implications of less powerful forward guidance for optimal policy using a sticky-price model with an effective lower bound (ELB) on nominal interest rates as well as a discounted Euler equation and a discounted Phillips curve. When the private-sector agents discount future economic co...

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Main Authors: Nakata, T. (Author), Ogaki, R. (Author), Schmidt, S. (Author), Yoo, P. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2019
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520 3 |a We examine the implications of less powerful forward guidance for optimal policy using a sticky-price model with an effective lower bound (ELB) on nominal interest rates as well as a discounted Euler equation and a discounted Phillips curve. When the private-sector agents discount future economic conditions more in making their decisions today, a future rate cut becomes less effective in stimulating current economic activity. Under a wide range of plausible degrees of discounting, it is optimal for the central bank to compensate for the reduced effect of a future rate cut by keeping the policy rate at the ELB for longer. © 2019 
650 0 4 |a Discounted Euler equation 
650 0 4 |a Discounted Phillips curve 
650 0 4 |a Effective lower bound 
650 0 4 |a Forward guidance 
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773 |t Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control