Market News International (MNI), New York, Sept. 28, 2007

This article was originally presented as a speech at the Global Interdependence Center, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, August 21, 2003.

Inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, seems to have settled at an annual rate of about 2 percent. Is that rate too low? In this article, William Poole, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, states his belief that the Federal Reserve's target should be zero...

This article was adapted from a speech of the same title presented at the First Conference of the Monetary Stability Foundation at the Regional Office of the Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt, Germany, December 5, 2002.

Presentation at the Philadelphia Fed Policy Forum, Philadelphia - Nov. 30, 2001

Presentation at the Celebration of George Borts' 50th Year as Professor of Economics at Brown University, Brown University, Providence, R.I. - Oct. 14, 2000

Presentation to the First Conference of the Monetary Stability Foundation at the Regional Office of Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt, Germany - Dec. 5, 2002

Presentation to the "The Future of the Federal Reserve", Center for Economic Policy Studies (CEPS), Princeton University, Princeton , N.J., April 02, 2005

Presentation to the First Conference of the Monetary Stability Foundation at the Regional Office of Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt, Germany - Dec. 5, 2002

Presentation at the Celebration of George Borts' 50th Year as Professor of Economics at Brown University, Brown University, Providence, R.I. - Oct. 14, 2000