Monetary policymakers and central banks universally recognize that, in the long run, inflation is strictly determined by monetary policy. However, they disagree sharply about the role of monetary aggregates in the conduct of monetary policy. ; These differences in views are reflected in the way...

The Federal Reserve System is faced with a myriad of objectives in the area of monetary policy: some people believe the Fed should use monetary policy to keep interest rates low, other think the primary goal should be to increase business activity and decrease unemployment, and still others feel...

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