regression of the funds rate on the inflation rate and
on the gap between the unemployment rate and the
Congressional Budget Office’s estimate of the natural,
or normal, rate of unemployment.The resulting
empirical policy rule of thumb—a so-called Taylor
rule—recommends lowering the funds rate by 1.3
percentage points if core inflation falls by one percentage
point and by almost two percentage points
if the unemployment rate rises by one percentage
point.As shown in Figure 2, this simple rule of thumb
captures the broad contours of policy over the past
two decades.Differences between the recommended
target rate from the estimated policy rule (the thin
line) and the Fed’s actual target funds rate (the thick
line) are fairly small. Exceptions occurred during the
mid-1990s and mid-2000s, when the funds rate was
set somewhat higher or lower than the policy rule
recommended.During 2007 and 2008, by this rudimentary
empirical metric, the Fed’s lowering of the
funds rate by over five percentage points was roughly
in line with its historical behavior.
regression of the funds rate on the inflation rate and
on the gap between the unemployment rate and the
Congressional Budget Office’s estimate of the natural,
or normal, rate of unemployment.The resulting
empirical policy rule of thumb—a so-called Taylor
rule—recommends lowering the funds rate by 1.3
percentage points if core inflation falls by one percentage
point and by almost two percentage points
if the unemployment rate rises by one percentage
point.As shown in Figure 2, this simple rule of thumb
captures the broad contours of policy over the past
two decades.Differences between the recommended
target rate from the estimated policy rule (the thin
line) and the Fed’s actual target funds rate (the thick
line) are fairly small. Exceptions occurred during the
mid-1990s and mid-2000s, when the funds rate was
set somewhat higher or lower than the policy rule
recommended.During 2007 and 2008, by this rudimentary
empirical metric, the Fed’s lowering of the
funds rate by over five percentage points was roughly
in line with its historical behavior.
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