Designing a Simple Loss Function for Central Banks : Does a Dual Mandate Make Sense? /

Yes, it makes a lot of sense. This paper studies how to design simple loss functions for central banks, as parsimonious approximations to social welfare. We show, both analytically and quantitatively, that simple loss functions should feature a high weight on measures of economic activity, sometimes...

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Prif Awdur: Debortoli, Davide
Awduron Eraill: Kim, Jinill, Linde, Jesper, Nunes, Ricardo
Fformat: Cylchgrawn
Iaith:English
Cyhoeddwyd: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017.
Cyfres:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2017/164
Mynediad Ar-lein:Full text available on IMF