Maintaining a low inflation environment

Economic Commentary, 1997, issue Mar 1

Abstract: An examination of monetary policy actions before and after 1982, illustrating that prompt federal funds rate increases aimed at maintaining a low inflation environment are associated with subsequent robust economic growth, not with weak growth, as is commonly thought.

Keywords: Inflation (Finance); Monetary policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997

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