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productivity norm

NGDP targeting, productivity norm, inflation targeting, unsustainable booms, supply shocks
Booms & Busts, Economic Thought, The Fed & Central Banks

A Stable Spending Catechism

George Selgin/April 12, 2017June 19, 2022

Although it has gained many converts since 2008, thanks especially to tireless crusading on its behalf by Scott Sumner, David Beckworth, and Lars Christensen, among other "Market Monetarists," the suggestion that the Fed ought to stabilize, not the inflation rate, or employment, but the growth rate of…

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deflation, interest on reserves, NGDP targeting, price level, productivity norm
Economic Thought, Inflation & Deflation, The Fed & Central Banks

Macro Musings Podcast with George Selgin

Ari Blask/May 29, 2016June 19, 2022

CMFA Director George Selgin recently appeared on David Beckworth’s new podcast series, Macro Musings.  Selgin and Beckworth primarily speak about the “productivity norm,” the idea that changes in the price level should mirror changes in productivity.  The productivity norm is one version of a monetary policy that…

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