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Especially since the operational introduction as central bank monetary policy framework in the early 1990s in New Zealand, the United Kingdom (UK), Canada and Sweden, inflation targeting has gained both empirical and theoretical relevance as a monetary policy strategy. In this paper I relate to inflation targeting theory and its framework in the UK. For that purpose the author first regards the development of inflation targeting in respect to other monetary policy strategies. He answers the question what the actual target variable is and why one would want to have inflation being low and stable. Then there is some complexity because the development of inflation targeting has to be viewed in relation to paradigmatic debates between Monetarist and New-Keynesian insights. He present the two fundamental views of how an inflation targeting framework should be modelled. By stating some equations from basic theoretical literature, he gives an overview about the different characteristics of that monetary policy strategy and how there is still controversy about the way of modelling. One chapter is concerned with the operational framework in the UK, including statements to historical developments at the Bank of England. The present monetary policy framework will be reviewed in detail relating to the Bank's publication policy and the inflation forecasting process. The Bank of England's model of the transmission mechanism is reviewed. This includes the interest rate setting process, the role of money and the relationship between inflation and inflation expectations. Finally, he discusses some economic effects that changed the British economy since the introduction of inflation targeting.

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"Benjamin Viertel wurde 1981 in Annaberg-Buchholz geboren und studierte nach Abitur und Zivildienst von 2001 bis 2007 an der TU Chemnitz Betriebswirtschaftslehre mit Schwerpunkt Controlling und Innovationsforschung sowie Volkswirtschaftslehre mit Schwerpunkt Intellectual Property Rights. Neben dem theoretischen Studium absolvierte er Praktika im Stromhandel bei enviaM sowie im der Vertriebsorganisation von DaimlerChrysler in Berlin und arbeitete unter anderem in der Abteilung Finanzierungs- und Fördermittelberatung der Chemnitzer Wirtschaftsförderung, im Sonderforschungsbereich ""Netzwerke"" an der TU Chemnitz und bei der Insolvenzkanzlei hww wienberg wilhelm als Verantwortlicher für Anfechtungsansprüche im Insolvenzgutachten. Seine Seminararbeit über ""Werttreiber im Stromhandel"" von 2005 ist ebenso als Buch erschienen."

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