The Evolution of Monetary Policy: More Art and Less Science

From iMFdirect - The IMF Blog Mon Apr 7 2014, 14:07:56

By Giovanni Dell'Ariccia and Karl Habermeier The global financial crisis shook monetary policy in advanced economies out of the almost complacent routine into which it had settled since Paul Volcker's Fed beat inflation in the United States in the early 1980s. Simply keep inflation low and stable, target a short-term interest rate, and regulate and [...]

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