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Janet Yellen: “Operating monetary policy by mechanically following a policy rule is not practical.”

On the recordFebruary 24, 2015
Operating monetary policy by mechanically following a policy rule is not practical.
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Janet Yellen
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Yellen references Professor Taylor's view on the impracticality of strict monetary policy rules.

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