The rational expectations revolution made clear that a complete macro model requires a specification of the government's economic policy. We argue that monetary policy should be conducted in such a way that the market can predict policy actions. An implication of market success in predicting...

Recent research has clarified the nature of measurement errors in U.S. price indexes. Changes in the quality of goods create severe problems. Laspeyres-type indexes suffer from substitution bias from one good to another and from one type of outlet to another. Available evidence suggests that the...

The Shadow Open Market Committee was formed in 1973 in response to rising inflation and the apparent unwillingness of U.S. policymakers to implement policies necessary to maintain price stability. This paper describes how the Committee's policy views differed from those of most Federal Reserve...