Optimal forward guidance

Optimal forward guidance is the simple policy of keeping interest rates low for some optimally determined number of periods after the liquidity trap ends and moving to normal-times optimal policy thereafter. I solve for the optimal duration in closed form in a new Keynesian model and show that it is...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bilbiie, F.O (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Economic Association 2019
Online Access:View Fulltext in Publisher