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The text argues that activist stabilization approaches—intended to smooth the business cycle by propping up downturns and restraining booms—risk misreading how markets allocate resources and how expectations form. 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actionsdetermine the economic well-being ofevery American.The cvailability ofmoney for business or consumer loans,mortgages,job creation and overallnational economie growth all flows fromthose decisiors.\"  \n—Bob Woodward,in his best-seller,Maestro  \nIhis is an intoxicating description ofthe Federal Reserve when the economyis making record economic gains,but ithangs like a yoke around our neckswhen the economic clouds darken.Andindeed,the economic skies have cloudedover since last October.  \nHow should the central bank conductmonetary policy when faced with whatpotentially is a difficult year ahead?ThisEconomic Commentary argues that weshould resist the temptation to fine-tuneeconomic performance and keep ourfocus on that which we know to be in thebest interest ofour longer-run prosperity.  \nIn other words,smoothing out the busi-ness cycle,as it is conventionally con-ceived and measured,is not an appropri-ate goal of monetary policyMonetarypolicy has been successful in recentyears because the Federal Reserve hascontained inflation and inflation expec-tations as it has responded to variationsin real economic activity.Instead of try-ing to manage the business cycle,wehave increasingly focused on managing  \n# Monetary Policy with Humility\n\nthe inflationary psychology of house-holds and businesses.With inflationexpectations under control,we have cre-ated an environment in which thisexceptional expansion in U.S.prosperityhas taken root  \n# ■ A Refresher on ActivistEconomic Policy\n\nWhen monetary policy is used as astabilization tool—sometimes called the\"activist\"approach to economic policy一the presumption is that the way marketsallocate our national resources is funda-mentally flawed.Adam Smith's invisiblehand is a bit arthritic.Prices don't,in gen-eral,respond very quickly to changingmarket conditions,and entrepreneursinstead make their adjustments throughthe workforce—hiring new employeesduring periods of strong demand,layingoff employees when demand is waning.And so what we see in the ups and downsof business activity is the market oscillat-ing around its desired level,sometimes alittle too strong,sometimes a little tooweak,but rarely at a level that maximizesthe economy's long-run potential.  \nIn the “activist world view,the objectof a sensible economic policy is one thathelps the market along,propping up itssags during downturns and knocking theedges off the seemingly excessive goodtimes.This is the macroeconomics of myyouth,the economics of the Keynesianrevolution.We were instructed that thefocal point of economic policy was themanagement of the short-run swings inthe \"business cycle.\"This idea is bestsummarized by John Maynard Keynes'classic quote:\"Economists set them-selves too easy,too useless a task ifinthe tempestuous seasons they can only  \nMay 1,2001  \nWhen the economy slows,monetarypolicymakers face pressure to deviatefrom their longer-term goals toaddress short-term problems.ThisCommentary argues that the Fedmust stay focused on the long term—maintaining the stable purchasingpower of the dollar.The Commentaryis adapted from a speech delivered bySandra Pianalto,first vice presidentof the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleve-land,to the Association for CorporateGrowth in March 2001.  \ntell us that when the storm is long pastthe ocean will be flat...In the long-run,we are all dead.\"  \nMuch of the policy advice offered byeconomists today takes this approach.They track the economic indicators thatare supposed to help us decide when topush on the business cycle gas pedal,andwhen to brake.The activist philosophywould have economic policy strike a bal-ance between growth on the one hand andinflation on the other.The 1960s and1970s,when policymakers tried to exploitthe presumed trade-off between growthand inflation,taught us that this approachcan go terribly awry.Initially","cbCaim9QkXuolnRQ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaim9QkXuolnRQ","pdf",2776958,11,"English","# Monetary Policy with Humility\n# ■ A Refresher 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