Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/197923 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
Bank of Canada Staff Working Paper No. 2019-9
Publisher: 
Bank of Canada, Ottawa
Abstract: 
Policy implications are derived for an inflation-targeting central bank, whose credibility is endogenous and depends on its past ability to achieve its targets. This is done in a New Keynesian framework with heterogeneous and boundedly rational expectations. We find that the region of allowed policy parameters is strictly larger than under rational expectations. However, when the zero lower bound on the nominal interest rate is accounted for, self-fulfilling deflationary spirals can occur, depending on the credibility of the central bank. Deflationary spirals can be prevented with a high inflation target and aggressive monetary easing.
Subjects: 
Business fluctuations and cycles
Credibility
Monetary policy
JEL: 
E52
E32
C62
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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