This talk emphasizes the connection between inflation targeting and monetary policy rules. Inflation targeting is not enough. You need to have a policy procedure - a policy rule - to achieve the target. And one cannot design or evaluate a monetary policy rule without a target inflation rate....

"Since the mid-1980s, monetary policy has contributed to a great moderation of the housing cycle by responding more proactively to inflation and thereby reducing the boom bust cycle. However, during the period from 2002 to 2005, the short term interest rate path deviated significantly from what...

Inflation, Unemployment, and Monetary Policy -- Contents -- Introduction -- Inflation, Unemployment, and Monetary Policy -- How Cautious Must the Fed Be? -- Monetary Policy Guidelines for Employment and Inflation Stability -- Comments -- Responses -- Rejoinder -- Contributors -- Notes --...

Since the mid-1980s, monetary policy has contributed to a great moderation of the housing cycle by responding more proactively to inflation and thereby reducing the boom bust cycle. However, during the period from 2002 to 2005, the short term interest rate path deviated significantly from what...

A central feature of the monetarist approach to the problem of inflation is a preannounced gradual reduction in monetary growth. This reduction is to be sustained until a monetary growth consistent with a zero, or acceptably low, target rate of inflation is reached. Thereafter, monetary growth...

"Proceedings from the 2022 Hoover Institution monetary policy conference examine recent inflation in the wake of fiscal and other shocks and measures by the Federal Reserve intended to counter inflation."