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100			_aAzad, Rohit and Chowdhury, Indranil _954311
245			_aInflation Targeting in the Third World: A Kaleckian Perspective
260			_aEconomic and Political Weekly
300			_a60(22), May 31, 25: p.49-62
520			_aMonetary policy world over, in the post-monetarist era, is premised on targeting inflation, which assumes a trade-off between output and inflation. A rise in the policy rate, by bringing the level of activity down, can tame inflation. But what if the slope of the New Keynesian Phillips curve is indistinguishable from zero? Far from reducing inflation, it may lead to stagflation. On the expansionary side, the premise is that a fall in the interest rate will increase output by persuading firms and households to invest more in factories and residential assets, respectively. Yet again, unless the IS curve is responsive to the interest rate, especially a decline in it, monetary policy can hardly be expansionary. This paper attempts to test the New Keynesian macroeconomic framework empirically and present a Kaleckian alternative, both empirically and theoretically, which is more suited to third world economies such as India, where structural constraints play a key role. - Reproduced https://www.epw.in/journal/2025/22/money-banking-and-finance/inflation-targeting-third-world.html
650			_ainflation targeting, monetry policy, new keynesian macroeconomics, NKM _954312
773			_0Economic and Political Weekly
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