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RBA Glossary definition for inflation target
inflation target – A tool to guide monetary policy expressed as a preferred range or figure for the rate of increase in prices over a period. In Australia, the inflation target is between 2 and 3 per cent per annum on average over the course of the business cycle.
RBA Glossary definition for inflation
inflation – A measure of the change (increase) in the general level of prices.
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Estimating Inflation Expectations with a Limited Number of Inflation-indexed Bonds
14 Mar 2011
RDP
2011-01
Research Discussion Papers contain the results of economic research within the Reserve Bank
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Inflation Targeting and the Inflation Process: Some Lessons from an Open Economy
1 Jan 2002
RDP
2002-01
Research Discussion Papers contain the results of economic research within the Reserve Bank
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Inflation Targeting in a Small Open Economy
1 Jul 1998
RDP
9807
Research Discussion Papers contain the results of economic research within the Reserve Bank
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Monetary Policy and Inflation Targeting
21 Jul 1997
Conference
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1997
The Reserve Bank of Australia 1997 conference is on the topic: ‘Monetary Policy and Inflation Targetinge’
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1997/
The Next 25 Years
1 Dec 2015
RDP
2015-09
And, in such an environment, a pure CPI inflation target risks destabilising output to offset idiosyncratic shocks. ... to interpret deviations from target as revisions to the implicit inflation target than when inflation targeting was in its infancy.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2015/2015-09/next-years.html
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Twenty-five Years of Inflation Targeting in Australia: Are There Better Alternatives for the Next Twenty-five Years? | Conference – 2018
12 Apr 2018
Conferences
expectations of private agents and the central bank's inflation target or forecast (King 2005). ... Over time, failure to achieve this would undermine the credibility of the inflation target.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2018/mckibbin-panton.html
The Case for Inflation Targeting in East Asian Countries | Conference – 2001
24 Jul 2001
Conferences
For example, in New Zealand these events are specified in the Policy Targets Agreement, which defines the inflation target, and include: large movements in commodity prices, changes in indirect taxes and ... 4.1 Inflation targets and exchange rate goals:
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/2001/debelle.html
Models of Inflation Regimes
1 May 1997
RDP
9701
Expected inflation in subsequent periods is a weighted average of the current inflation target and the expected value of future inflation targets, as shown by Equations (4) and (5). ... Expected inflation more than one period ahead is a weighted average
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The Welfare Effects of Alternative Choices of Instruments and Targets for Macroeconomic Stabilisation Policy | Conference – 1997
21 Jul 1997
Conferences
To the extent that there is a welfare-relevant case for an inflation target as opposed to a real-interest-rate target, it must be as a proxy for stabilisation of ... As well as affecting intertemporal price ratios, monetary policy based on an inflation
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1997/quiggin.html
Evaluating Simple Monetary-policy Rules for Australia | Conference – 1997
21 Jul 1997
Conferences
Such a rule is clearly not viable as a means to achieve an inflation target. ... When wages growth is tied to the inflation target, inflation shocks are not passed on into wages and hence are not fed back into the inflation process.
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/confs/1997/de-brouwer-oregan.html