Optimal Monetary Policy

26.09.2023: Wendy Morrison – Optimal monetary policy with redistribution

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Presenter: Wendy A. Morrison Affiliation: Columbia University, Department of Economics. Paper: Optimal Monetary Policy with Redistribution Date: September 26, 2023 Time: 12:00 GMT (15:00 Israel Time) Abstract: We study optimal monetary policy in a dynamic, general equilibrium economy with heterogeneous agents. All heterogeneity is ex-ante: workers differ in type-specific, state-contingent labor productivity, yet markets are … Read more

13.06.2023: Oleg Itskhoki – Optimal exchange rate policy

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Presenter: Oleg Itskhoki Affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Economics. Paper: Optimal Exchange Rate Policy Date: June 13, 2023 Time: 12:00 GMT (15:00 Israel Time) Abstract: We develop a general policy analysis framework that features nominal rigidities and financial frictions with endogenous PPP and UIP deviations. The goal of the optimal policy is … Read more

25.10.2022: Paul Fontanier – Optimal policy for behavioral financial crises

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Presenter: Paul Fontanier Affiliation: Yale University, Yale School of Management Paper: Optimal Policy for Behavioral Financial Crises Date: October 25, 2022 Time: 12:00 GMT (15:00 Israel Time) Abstract: Should policymakers adapt their macroprudential and monetary policies when the financial sector is vulnerable to belief-driven boom-bust cycles? I develop a model in which financial intermediaries are … Read more

10.05.2022: Alp Simsek – A note on temporary supply shocks with aggregate demand inertia

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Presenter: Alp Simsek Affiliation: Yale University, Yale School of Management Paper: A Note on Temporary Supply Shocks with Aggregate Demand Inertia Date: May 10, 2022 Time: 13:00 GMT Abstract: We study optimal monetary policy during temporary supply contractions when aggregate demand has inertia and expansionary policy is constrained. In this environment, it is optimal to … Read more

28.06.2021: Jennifer La’O – Optimal monetary policy and communication with an informationally-constrained central banker

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We study optimal monetary policy and central bank communication when firms make nominal pricing decisions under uncertainty and when the monetary authority likewise has incomplete information about the current economic state. We find that the optimal monetary policy implements flexible-price allocations despite this multitude of measurability constraints; we explore a series of different implementations. Away from such policies, we find that public communication by the central bank is welfare-improving as long as either firm information or central bank information is sufficiently precise.

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