Learning process and rational expectations: An analysis using a small macro-economic model for New Zealand |
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Authors: | Olivier Basdevant |
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Institution: | The World Bank, Room IMF 13-118, 1818 H Street NW, 20433, Washington DC, United States |
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Abstract: | The nature of expectations matters when conducting monetary policy. Models with a learning process can exhibit very different properties from models with other types of expectation rules. This paper draws on the work of Orphanides and Williams Orphanides, A., Williams, J.C. 2002. Imperfect knowledge, inflation expectations and monetary policy, Federal Reserve Board Finance and Economics Discussion Series, 2002-27], extending it to allow for the possibility that the learning process may not be perpetual, but rather might be converging towards a rational expectations equilibrium. By modelling expectations using a learning process, we obtain that inflation expectations in New Zealand are moving towards rational expectations. The closer expectations are to rational, the more inflation can be reduced without costs, thus arguing for a rather tough policy aimed at anchoring expectations on the target. |
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Keywords: | Learning process Expectation Inflation Monetary policy |
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