The solution manual for Jordi Galí's Monetary Policy, Inflation, and the Business Cycle

Derive the consumption Euler equation. The Hard Part: Log-linearizing the household’s FOC: ( \beta R_t E_t \left \fracU_c,t+1U_c,t \fracP_tP_t+1 \right = 1 ). Solution Insight: Assume ( u(C_t) = \fracC_t^1-\sigma1-\sigma ). Log-linearize to get ( c_t = E_tc_t+1 - \frac1\sigma(i_t - E_t\pi_t+1 - \rho) ). The solution manual should show how the discount factor ( \beta = 1/(1+\rho) ) emerges.

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