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Exploring the potential benefits of inflation overshooting

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  • Robert Amano
  • Marc-André Gosselin
  • Kurt See

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After a period with the interest rate at the effective lower bound, temporarily overshooting inflation may offer important economic benefits. This may be especially true for vulnerable segments of the population, such as workers with low attachment to the labour force and the long-term unemployed.

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  • Robert Amano & Marc-André Gosselin & Kurt See, 2021. "Exploring the potential benefits of inflation overshooting," Staff Analytical Notes 2021-16, Bank of Canada.
    • Handle: RePEc:bca:bocsan:21-16
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    Keywords

    Inflation targets; monetary policy; monetary policy framework; and labour markets;
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    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • J20 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - General

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