RBA Annual Conference – 1992 Inflation, Disinflation and Monetary Policy

10–11 July 1992

Editor: Adrian Blundell-Wignall

A range of prominent international and Australian academic and policy economists participated in the 1992 conference. Two papers for the conference were written by economists from the Bank's Economic Group. Of the remaining five papers, one was written by Doug McTaggart from Bond University and four were written by well-known international economists: Max Corden from John Hopkins University, Charles Goodhart from the London School of Economics, Palle Schelde-Andersen from the Bank for International Settlements, and John Taylor from Stanford University.

Contents

• Introduction
  Adrian Blundell-Wignall, Reserve Bank of Australia
• The Great Inflation, The Great Disinflation, and Policies for Future Price Stability
  John Taylor, Stanford University
• Discussion
  Jeffrey Carmichael, Bond University
• The Cost of Inflation in Australia
  Doug McTaggart, Bond University
• Discussion
  Arthur Grimes, Reserve Bank of New Zealand
• OECD Country Experiences with Disinflation
  Palle Schelde-Andersen, Bank for International Settlements
• Discussion
  Bill Norton, Macquarie University
  Michael Artis, University of Manchester
• Inflation and Disinflation in Australia: 1950–91
  Glenn Stevens, Reserve Bank of Australia
• Discussion
  Richard Snape, Monash University
• Inflation, Indicators and Monetary Policy
  Adrian Blundell-Wignall, Philip Lowe and Alison Tarditi, Reserve Bank of Australia
• Discussion
  Kunio Okina, The Bank of Japan
  Mervyn King, Bank of England
• The Objectives for, and Conduct of, Monetary Policy in the 1990s
  Charles Goodhart, London School of Economics
• Discussion
  John Pitchford, Australian National University
• A Perspective
  Max Corden, The Johns Hopkins University
• Discussion
• List of Conference Participants