• Media type: Report; E-Book
  • Title: Speed limit policy and liquidity traps
  • Contributor: Nakata, Taisuke [Author]; Schmidt, Sebastian [Author]; Yoo, Paul [Author]
  • Published: Frankfurt a. M.: European Central Bank (ECB), 2018
  • Language: English
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.2866/47035
  • ISBN: 978-92-899-3297-4
  • Keywords: Speed Limit Policy ; Markov-Perfect Equilibrium ; Liquidity Traps ; E61 ; E52 ; Zero Lower Bound
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  • Description: The zero lower bound (ZLB) constraint on interest rates makes speed limit policies (SLPs) - policies aimed at stabilizing output growth - less effective. Away from the ZLB, the history dependence induced by a concern for output growth stabilization improves the inflation-output tradeoff for a discretionary central bank. However, in the aftermath of a deep recession with a binding ZLB, a central bank with an objective for output growth stabilization aims to engineer a more gradual increase in output than under the standard discretionary policy. The anticipation of a more restrained recovery exacerbates the declines in inflation and output when the lower bound is binding.
  • Access State: Open Access