Monetary policy when the spyglass is smudged
An accurate measure of economic slack is key to properly calibrating monetary policy. Two traditional gauges of slack have become harder to interpret since the Great Recession: the gap between output and its potential level, and the deviation of the unemployment rate from its natural rate. As a consequence, conventional policy rules based on these measures of slack generate wide-ranging policy rate recommendations. This variability highlights one of the challenges policymakers currently face.
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2014
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Authors: | Jorda, Oscar ; Elias, Early ; Irvin, Helen |
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FRBSF Economic Letter. - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. - 2014, 35
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Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco |
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