I compare nominal GDP level targeting to flexible inflation targeting in a small New Keynesian model subject to the …, for a standard calibration, inflation targeting under discretion leaves the economy open to a deflationary trap. Nominal … level rule. These result suggest that inflation targeting should not be ditched. Still, it can be improved significantly, by …

the inflation rate, the deviation in real GDP (Gross Domestic Product), the deviation in money supply, the deviation in … weight to the deviation in unemployment rate, and moderate weights are assigned to the deviation in the inflation rate, the …

rate response to deviations of the inflation rate from target, to the change in the output gap, to money demand shocks and … that, in addition to anchoring long term inflation expectations, monetary targeting introduces inertia and history …