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Monetary Policy
According to the WSJ’s Andrew Ackerman,
The top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee said Thursday he would urge the Federal Reserve to pursue an explicit inflation target, in the face of renewed interest in the idea.
This is exactly what many of the leading academic macroeconomists of the younger generation have said would be the right way to conduct monetary policy. My guess is that they will now wish to re-think their position. How can a self-respecting New Keynesian be caught on the same side of the debate as Senator Shelby?
READER COMMENTS
B
Jun 24 2011 at 12:03am
I read about explicit inflation targeting when it was still underground. Now it has sold out and gone mainstream. Uncool, man.
Alex Godofsky
Jun 24 2011 at 12:26am
No self-respecting macroeconomist would advocate an inflation target over a price level target!
Mattheus von Guttenberg
Jun 24 2011 at 12:52am
Is the inflation target 0%?
Charlie
Jun 24 2011 at 11:01pm
If we add in, catch up inflation as a goal, I’m on board, and so is Michael Woodford.
http://everydayecon.wordpress.com/2010/10/15/why-couldnt-woodford-be-vice-chair-of-the-fed/
Nicholas
Jun 28 2011 at 1:19pm
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