Central bankers responsible for lower inflation

Monetary policy credibility accounts for why inflation appears generally to have become less persistent, said Janet Yellen, the president of the San Francisco Federal Reserve.

The credibility of monetary policy had helped to ensure that inflation shocks do not spill over into inflation expectations and wage setting, Yellen said, adding that it was a mistake to downplay the role of monetary policy, as William White, the head of monetary and economic department at the Bank for International

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