... Bound on Interest Rates and Optimal Monetary Policy ∗Gauti EggertssonInternational Monetary FundMichael WoodfordPrinceton UniversityJune 26, 2003AbstractWe consider the consequences for monetary ... aggregate-demand block of the model, conditions (1.7) and (1.9) of the aggregate-supply block, the asset-pricing relations (1.14), conditions (1.10) – (1.12) specifying monetary policy, and conditions ... decisions regarding consumption and labor supply would all be as assumed here.12allocation of demand across goods by of households in response to firm pricing decisions, on the one hand, and the...