Metas de inflação : lições da era Greenspan

Abstract: This paper approaches the experience of monetary policy in the Greenspan period and suggests what lessons could be learnt. The adoption of inflation targeting would denote a step backward in the policymaking process in the USA, for, since the 1980s, a distinctive feature is flexibility of...

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Autores: Deos, Simone Silva de, 1968-, Andrade, Rogério Pereira de
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Repositorio:Repositório da Produção Científica e Intelectual da Unicamp
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:https://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/:1211038
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12733/1662387
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Inflação
Política monetária
Monetary policy
Inflation (Finance)
Central Bank of Brazil
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Sumario:Abstract: This paper approaches the experience of monetary policy in the Greenspan period and suggests what lessons could be learnt. The adoption of inflation targeting would denote a step backward in the policymaking process in the USA, for, since the 1980s, a distinctive feature is flexibility of response to adjust to unexpected events and changing environments. The Fed was able to exercise an informed judgement in critical situations and this opens the case for the importance of not restraining policymakers' actions through the adoption of tight rules. Furthermore, that the various experiences with inflation targeting are indisputably huge successes, and that this framework represents the state of the art (therefore nothing else can alternatively be done), remains to be seen