TY - UNPD A1 - Aksoy, Yunus A1 - Orphanides, Athanasios A1 - Small, David A1 - Wieland, Volker A1 - Wilcox, David T1 - A quantitative exploration of the opportunistic approach to disinflation T2 - Center for Financial Studies (Frankfurt am Main): CFS working paper series ; No. 2005,19 N2 - Under a conventional policy rule, a central bank adjusts its policy rate linearly according to the gap between inflation and its target, and the gap between output and its potential. Under "the opportunistic approach to disinflation" a central bank controls inflation aggressively when inflation is far from its target, but concentrates more on output stabilization when inflation is close to its target, allowing supply shocks and unforeseen fluctuations in aggregate demand to move inflation within a certain band. We use stochastic simulations of a small-scale rational expectations model to contrast the behavior of output and inflation under opportunistic and linear rules. Klassifikation: E31, E52, E58, E61. July, 2005. T3 - CFS working paper series - 2005, 19 KW - Inflation targeting KW - monetary policy KW - interest rates KW - policy rules KW - disinflation KW - Inflation Targeting KW - Geldpolitik KW - Zinsfuß KW - Disinflation Y1 - 2005 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/4056 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-14345 ER -