nominal gdp targeting
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Nominal GDP
Targeting
Inflation Targeting
NGDP Targeting
=Total Current Dollar
Spending = Money Supply × Money Use
Nominal GDP
Money Supply
Money Demand
Encourages
Spending
Discourages
Spending
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
NGDP level target
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HOW IT WORKS
NGDP level target
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HOW IT WORKS
WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED
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).
The Fed & China
The Fed & China
The Fed & China
The Fed & China
The Fed & China
The Fed & China
The Fed & China