CSPAN Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell On Monetary Policy September 9, 2022
Of the monetary conference. Cspan2 the new monetary framework, and average inflation targeting. The idea was to make up for shortfalls by temporarily allowing inflation to exceed 2 while averaging 2 in the longer run. Yet, no specific time frame was given. This flexibility increases uncertainty about the feds commitment to price stability. Until recently the feds mantra in setting its policy rate was lower for longer. And the Forward Guidance was often misguided and the macros were unreliable and forecasting errors eroded confidence in policy making. The fed initially saw inflation to transito...