Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/73584 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 1007
Publisher: 
Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Department of Economics, Linz
Abstract: 
In this paper we quantitatively evaluate the hypothesis that the Great Moderation is partly the result of a less activist monetary policy. We simulate a New Keynesian model where the central bank can only observe a noisy estimate of the output gap and fnd that the less pronounced reaction of the Federal Reserve to output gap uctuations since 1979 can account for half of the reduction in the standard deviation of GDP associated with the Great Moderation. Our simulations are consistent with the empirically documented smaller magnitude and impact of interest rate shocks since the early 1980s.
Subjects: 
Great Moderation
New Keynesian Model
Noisy Data
JEL: 
E32
E52
E58
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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