Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
Seminar Papers,
Stockholm University, Institute for International Economic Studies
No 642: Pioneering Price Level Targeting: The Swedish Experience 1931-1937
Claes Berg () and Lars Jonung ()
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Claes Berg: Sveriges Riksbank, Postal: Sveriges Riksbank, 103 37 Stockholm
Lars Jonung: Stockholm School of Economics, Postal: Box 6501, 113 83 Stockholm
Abstract: In September 1931, Sweden became the first country to make the stabilization of the domestic price level the official goal of its monetary policy, actually the only country that so far has adopted such an explicit price level target. Starting from the issues and concepts familiar from research and policy experience in the 1990s of inflation targeting - as contrasted to price level targeting - this paper examines the evolution of the Swedish price level targeting in the 1930s. We bring out a number of similarities and differences between price stabilization in the 1930s and in the 1990s.
Keywords: price level targeting
JEL-codes: E52
51 pages, December 21, 1998
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