Is the Fed struggling with inflation and recession much like stagflation in the 1970s?
*Bloomberg, by Rich Miller, September 18, 2006:
"Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke is stepping up his push
for an inflation target at a time when hitting it might damage the U.S.
economy.
Bernanke, long a proponent of setting a numerical goal for inflation,
has penciled in an in-depth discussion of the Fed's communications
strategy, including targets, for next month's Federal Open Market
Committee meeting. With targeting enthusiast Frederic Mishkin joining
the FOMC, Fed-watchers including former Governor Laurence Meyer say the
central bank might agree to shift strategy by mid-2007.
A move toward targeting, perhaps starting with regular publication of
inflation reports, would answer criticism that Bernanke's Fed has been
blasé about mounting price pressures. The risk is it might also
lead central bankers to raise interest rates high enough to push the
economy, which they already expect to be weak next year, into a
recession."
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