Explain what is meant by the following statement: 'disinflation can be costless if the central bank is

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Explain what is meant by the following statement: 'disinflation can be costless if the central bank is perfectly credible'. Draw the impulse response functions for output, inflation and the real interest rate following an inflation shock and interpret your results, when:

(a) inflation expectations are fully backward looking

(b) inflation expectations are firmly anchored to the inflation target.

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