Some preconditions for inflation targeting

The main macroeconomic preconditions for adopting an inflation-targeting regime are high levels of financial development, GDP per person and trade openness, finds a new paper from the Central Bank of Chile.

The author also shows that countries with high inflation rates are less likely to switch to inflation targeting.

The paper analyses 25 countries working under inflation targeting regimes up to 2005 and covers the period from 1975 to 2005.

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