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Interest Rates and Monetary Policy
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Abstract This paper conducts a thorough intertemporal analysis of nominal interest rate based monetary policy. Its main contribution is to show how such a policy can have different effects depending on the assumptions made about the saving and borrowing behaviour of firms. We consider two cases (i) consumers... view more
This paper conducts a thorough intertemporal analysis of nominal interest rate based monetary policy. Its main contribution is to show how such a policy can have different effects depending on the assumptions made about the saving and borrowing behaviour of firms. We consider two cases (i) consumers are savers and firms are borrowers, and (ii) both consumers and firms are borrowers (the nation as a whole is borrowing from abroad). In one case we confirm conventional wisdom, but in the other case we find there may be unexpected and surprising results. Moreover, our analysis has important implications for both inflation and nominal exchange rate targeting policies.... view less
Document language
English
Publication Year
2009
Page/Pages
p. 2005-2012
Journal
Applied Economics, 41 (2009) 16
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840601019372
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)