In Noise We Trust? Optimal Monetary Policy with Random Targets In Noise We Trust? Optimal Monetary Policy with Random Targets

By Ethan Cohen-Cole and Bogdan Cosmaciuc

We show that a monetary policy in which the central bank commits to a randomized inflation target allows for potentially faster-expectations convergence than with a fixed target. The randomized target achieves faster convergence in particular in transition environments: those demonstrating either particularly high or low inflation.

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