Price stability is best aim for policy

Low and stable inflation remains the best contribution monetary policy can make to growth and macroeconomic stability, said Svein Gjedrem, the governor of the Bank of Norway.

Gjedrem acknowledged that the impact of globalisation in dampening inflation had led central banks to hold short-term interest rates well below "what can be regarded as a normal level" in order to encourage growth. However, in spite of its effect on price growth, globalisation did not change the fact that monetary policy

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