Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Aleksandr V. Charkin Author-Email: alexcharkin@inbox.ru Author-Workplace-Name: Budget and Treasury Academy of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia Title: Inflation Targeting: a Theoretical Basis Abstract: The article author dwells on the inflation targeting and its key characteristics, he offers his own definition to the term that can be of much help to the researchers. He identifies the issues associated with improving the efficiency of inflation targeting, including the ones that emerged during the period of the world economic crisis, and offers the solutions to the problem. He notes that the inflation targeting schemes should be examined in detail on the national level. Classification-JEL: E52, E58 Keywords: inflation targeting, monetary policy, crisis, transmission mechanism Journal: Finansovyj žhurnal — Financial Journal Pages: 103-110 Issue: 1 Year: 2011 Month: January File-URL: http://www.nifi.ru/images/FILES/Journal/Archive/2011/1/statii/2011_01_09.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:fru:finjrn:110109:p:103-110