Beyond Inflation Targeting: Assessing the Impacts and Policy Alternatives

Beyond Inflation Targeting: Assessing the Impacts and Policy Alternatives
ISBN-10
184844804X
ISBN-13
9781848448049
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
318
Language
English
Published
2010-08-13
Publisher
Edward Elgar Pub
Author
Gerald A. Epstein

Description

'Inflation targeting (IT) has become the sacred cow of central banking. But its suitability to developing nations remains contested. the contributors to this volume perform the valuable service of sketching out plausible, more development-friendly alternatives. They are to be commended in particular for avoiding a one-size-fits-all approach and paying close attention to the needs of specific countries. Their proposals range from relatively minor tinkering in IT to comprehensive overhaul. A common theme is the central role of the real exchange rate, which the central banks ignore at their economies' peril.' - Dani Rodrik, Harvard University, US

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