Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/60322 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
CEPR Discussion Paper Series No. 8390
Publisher: 
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London
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: 
inflation targeting
monetary policy
nominal inertia
optimal monetary policy
Phillips curve and unemployment
JEL: 
E20
E40
E50
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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