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Price stability and regional diversity


Abstract: An argument against using short-term monetary policy to alleviate regional economic shocks and an analysis of how regional economic diversity lends strength to the goal of price stability as the Federal Reserve System's sole monetary policy focus.

Keywords: Monetary policy - United States; Regional economics;

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Part of Series: Economic Commentary

Publication Date: 1991

Issue: May

Order Number: 1