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Breaking The Healthcare Cost Curve

…rise at 8% annually and will double by 2020 unless Massachusetts can find a methodology to control the rising cost of healthcare. One answer might be Maryland’s solution, a regulatory…

The Other Rule

…and that you should double your inflation target to make it reasonable, it’s worth trying: The International Monetary Fund’s top economist, Olivier Blanchard, says central bankers should consider aiming for…

Fed Policy

…The biggest difference is that my index gives inflation and unemployment equal weight while the standard Taylor Rule gives inflation double the weight of the various measures of excess capacity….