Was Bernanke Right? Targeting Asset Prices May not be a Good Idea After All

Tiziana Assenza, Michele Berardi, Domenico Delli Gatti

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Abstract

Should the central bank target asset price inflation? In their 1999 paper Bernanke and Gertler claimed that price stability and financial stability are “mutually consistent objectives” in a flexible inflation targeting regime which “dictates that central banks … should not respond to changes in\r\nasset prices.” This conclusion is straightforward within their framework in which asset price inflation shows up as a factor “augmenting” the IS curve.\r\nIn this chapter, we pursue a different modeling strategy so that, in the end, asset price dynamics will be incorporated into the NK Phillips curve. We\r\nput ourselves, therefore, in the best position to obtain a significant stabilizing role for asset price targeting. It turns out, however, that inflation volatility\r\nis higher in the asset price targeting case. After all, therefore, targeting asset prices may not be a good idea.
Lingua originaleInglese
Titolo della pubblicazione ospiteMonetary Policy in the Context of the Financial Crisis: New Challenges and Lessons
EditoreEmerald Group Publishing Ltd
Pagine451-496
Numero di pagine46
ISBN (stampa)978-1784417802
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2015

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Economia, Econometria e Finanza Generali

Keywords

  • Taylor rules
  • asset prices
  • cost channel

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