The Federal Reserve Act mandates that the Federal Reserve conduct monetary policy “so as to promote effectively the goals of maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates." Of late, just two words—stable prices—are receiving outsized attention. The broad language in the Act leaves a lot of room for interpretation: What range of price changes are considered stable?
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