of inflation targeting in 1992 or central bank independence in 1997), we instead take a longer perspective, which … alter the monetary base; and the adherence by policymakers in the 1960s and 1970s to nonmonetary views of the inflation …

expected inflation. The inability of the Fed to maintain a credible commitment to low interest rates in the face of increased … government spending and rising inflation led to the Fed-Treasury Accord of March 1951. Following the Accord, the external …