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Economic Commentary

The Indicator P-Star: Just What Does It Indicate?

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Monetary indicators can help policymakers to evaluate the likely success or failure of policy instrument settings. The recently unveiled P-Star indicator can be useful as an indicator of potential inflation and, more broadly, as a method of assessing the Federal Reserve’s long-term goal of price stability.

09.15.1989EC 9/15/1989

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Carlson, John B. 1989. “The Indicator P-Star: Just What Does It Indicate?” Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Economic Commentary 9/15/1989.

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