…the years after 2013. So lets go target shooting. For political reasons our first target point is 2011. We can start with Intermediate Cost assumptions and assume we will need…

…of distibution of goods, so here is a reminder. How to target the poor? How can governments and aid agencies target the poorest? Some use detailed means tests, measuring assets…

Paul Krugman is pushing for a higher inflation target. Joseph Stiglitz pushed for it a couple of years ago and then well, he is still talking about it. (source) Even…

…equal to the target. There will be a disturbance, but if the expected value is different from the target no matter what one does, then on can’t target X. The…

…here. Greece missed its 2010 budget deficit target by near 1%, 9.6% of GDP projected (see .pdf page 45) vs. 10.5% actual (see Eurostat release, .pdf). The 2011 target is…

Measured by actual rather than fictitious prices, inflation is decelerating substantially towards the Fed target ADDENDUM: the huge impact of shelter  – by New Deal democrat For the last year,…

The Fed’s Target Is Workers, Project Syndicate, James K. Galbraith, January 2022 A year and a half later and the Fed is still trying to slay the dragon. They stab…

…when the “long run Fisher Effect natural inflation level” is lower than the Fed’s target inflation rate, the Fed nominal rate will slowly slide downward overtime to the zero lower…

Origin of the 2 Percent Inflation Target I have made most of these comments as comments on Econbrowser and Angry Bear (an excellent post by Robert Waldman), as well as…

…PCE inflation, like CPI inflation, is under the Fed’s 2% target  – by New Deal democrat Note: I may not be around for the ISM manufacturing or construction spending reports…