Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/175221 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 784
Publisher: 
Queen Mary University of London, School of Economics and Finance, London
Abstract: 
We scrutinize the monetary transmission mechanism in New-Keynesian models, focusing on the role of capital, the key ingredient in the transition from the basic framework to DSGE models. The widely held view that monetary policy affects output and inflation in these models through a real interest rate channel is shown to be misguided. A decline in output and inflation is consistent with a decline, increase, or no change in the real interest rate. The expected path of Taylor rule shocks and the New-Keynesian Phillips Curve are key for inflation and output; the real rate largely reflects consumption smoothing.
Subjects: 
New-Keynesian models
Monetary transmission mechanism
Real interest rate channel
Capital
JEL: 
E30
E40
E50
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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