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A Primer on Price Level Targeting in the U.S.: a presentation at the CFA Society of St. Louis, St. Louis, Mo

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St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said that despite low unemployment and accommodative monetary policy, U.S. inflation surprised to the downside in 2017. This has spurred talk of possible alternatives to inflation targeting. He noted one possible approach ? price level targeting ? would likely require lots of careful preparation and debate before any changes could be made. Under this framework, ?deviations from target are overcome by allowing for higher or lower inflation in the future in such a way that the inflation target is maintained on average. In contrast, today?s inflation targeting regime simply allows misses and does not do anything about them.? Bullard spoke in St. Louis.

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  • James B. Bullard, 2018. "A Primer on Price Level Targeting in the U.S.: a presentation at the CFA Society of St. Louis, St. Louis, Mo," Speech 297, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
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    1. Olena Kostyshyna & Luba Petersen & Jing Yang, 2022. "A Horse Race of Monetary Policy Regimes: An Experimental Investigation," Staff Working Papers 22-33, Bank of Canada.

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