Measuring the Stance of Monetary Policy
Measuring the Stance of Monetary Policy
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衡量货币政策立场
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1996
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通讯作者:
Mingwei Yuan
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作者:
B. Fung;Mingwei Yuan
In this paper we construct a quantitative measure of the stance of mon policy in Canada using a vector autoregression (VAR)–based appro Following Blinder’s (1998) recent arguments, we base our policy sta measure on the control of inflation. This is appropriate given that the goa monetary policy in Canada is to keep inflation within a target range of 1 3 per cent. We regard the stance of monetary policy as a quantita measure of whether policy is too tight, neutral, or too loose relative to objective of keeping inflation constant. 1 If the stance is too tight (loose) inflation will eventually decrease (increase). In other words, a neu monetary policy stance is consistent with constant inflation in the med run (Blinder 1998, 33). A quantitative measure of policy stance is useful important for at least two reasons. First, knowing how tight or how loose current stance is helps the Bank of Canada determine the course of mon policy needed to keep inflation within the target range. Second, a qu