Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/51660 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5694
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The Friedman rule states that steady-state welfare is maximized when there is deflation at the real rate of interest. Recent work by Khan et al (2003) uses a richer model but still finds deflation optimal. In an otherwise standard new Keynesian model we show that, if households have hyperbolic discounting, small positive rates of inflation can be optimal. In our baseline calibration, the optimal rate of inflation is 2.1% and remains positive across a wide range of calibrations.
Subjects: 
optimal monetary policy
inflation targeting
unemployment
Phillips curve
nominal inertia
monetary policy
JEL: 
E20
E40
E50
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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