Comments on monetary policy at the effective lower bound

Constraints on the setting of short-term interest rates due to the effective lower bound are likely to bind more often in the future than in the past if the neutral real rate of interest remains in the neighborhood of 1 percent. This paper argues that the Federal Open Market Committee should commit...

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Main Author: Yellen, J. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brookings Institution Press 2018
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