Cieślak, Anna; Hansen, Stephen; McMahon, Michael; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Uncertainty is a ubiquitous concern emphasized by policymakers. We study how uncertainty affects decision-making by the … Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). We distinguish between the notion of Fed-managed uncertainty vis-a-vis uncertainty that …-managed uncertainty introduces a wedge between the standard Taylor-type policy rule and the optimal decision. Using private Fed …