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Nominal GDP Targeting

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Nominal GDP

Targeting

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Inflation Targeting

NGDP Targeting

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=Total Current Dollar

Spending = Money Supply × Money Use

Nominal GDP

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Money Supply

Money Demand

Encourages

Spending

Discourages

Spending

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AdvantageDon’t need to know Money

Supply

AdvantageDon’t need to worry about

short-run changes to inflation

AdvantageMonetary policy becomes more

predictable

AdvantageDon’t need to

worry about real economy

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NGDP level target

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HOW IT WORKS

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NGDP level target

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HOW IT WORKS

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WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED

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Nominal GDP Targeting Not a New Idea• F.A. Hayek•“Any change in the velocity of circulation would have to be compensated by reciprocal change in the amount of money in circulation if money is to remain neutral…” (1935).

• Milton Friedman•“[T]he Fed must see to it that the quantity of money changes in such a way as to offset movements in velocity...” (2003).

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The Fed & China

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The Fed & China

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The Fed & China

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The Fed & China

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The Fed & China

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The Fed & China

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The Fed & China