Norges Bank’s new monetary policy loss function – further discussion
- Author:
- Snorre Evjen, Norges Bank Monetary Policy, and Thea B. Kloster, Norges Bank Financial Stability.
- Series:
- Staff Memo
- Number:
- 11/2012
Abstract
Norges Bank’s Monetary Policy Report (MPR) 1/12 introduced amendments to the criteria for an appropriate interest rate path in order to explicitly take into account the risk of a buildup of financial imbalances. The monetary policy “loss function” used in model-based analyses was accordingly adjusted mainly in two ways: The weight on the output gap was increased and a weight on the deviation between the actual and the normal interest rates was added. We present both theoretical and empirical studies underpinning these changes.
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