This policy brief warns about the risks of discontinuing the policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis by pursuing exit strategies too early and/or too sharply. It outlines a comprehensive strategy for limiting such risks globally and offers an in-depth discussion of the European situation. Due to...

The Federal Open Market Committee’s revised Statement on Longer-Run Goals and Monetary Policy Strategy implements flexible average inflation targeting and mitigates shortfalls, rather than deviations, of employment from its maximum level. We first show how the Taylor, balanced approach, and...