Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by chalst 1646 days ago
The Fed has a dual mandate: price stability and maximal sustainable employment. Nothing about supporting the value of investments.

https://www.chicagofed.org/research/dual-mandate/dual-mandat...

1 comments

FED actually has three mandates, one of them almost never mentioned:

* employment

* price level

* moderate long term interest rates

The requirement to pursue moderate long-term interest rates is usually seen as part of price stability, since the level of long-term interest rates is determined by inflation expectations.

Cf. https://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/what-economic-goals-does...