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When the Link Between M1, M2, and Inflation Broke Down

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When the link between M1, M2, and inflation broke down in the 1980s, many economists argued that the best policy approach was to have an explicit inflation target. The biggest problem with an explicit inflation target is


A) that it requires perfect foresight on the part of the Federal Reserve because of the lagged impact of monetary policy instruments.
B) determining what that target should be.
C) that it puts too much emphasis on stable prices over other possible goals for monetary policy.
D) determining which measure of inflation to use.

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