Delegating nominal income growth targeting in a small-open economy

Abstract

The present study examines the role of nominal income growth targeting (NIGT) in a small-open economy and shows that the central bank’s selection of a price in- dex crucially affects the performance of NIGT in a small open economy. NIGT based on a producer price index can always achieve the same outcome as the com- mitment policy. However, NIGT based on a consumer price index fails to create the same outcome as the commitment policy unless the stabilisation weight on the output gap is considerably small in the true loss function.

Publication
Momoyama Gakuin Discussion Paper