The Federal Open Market Committee’s revised Statement on Longer-Run Goals and Monetary Policy Strategy implements flexible average inflation targeting and mitigates shortfalls, rather than deviations, of employment from its maximum level. We first show how the Taylor, balanced approach, and...

The Federal Open Market Committee raised the target range for the federal funds rate above the Effective Lower Bound in March 2022 for the first time since March 2020 and projected six more rate increases in 2022. The Committee’s actions follow the August 2020 revised Statement on Longer-Run...

Suppose that the Fed were to adopt a policy rule. Which rule should it adopt? We propose three criteria. First, the rule should be consistent with good economic performance over a long historical period. Second, the rule should be consistent with recent Fed policy following the Great Recession....