Mester not yet convinced on alternative monetary policy frameworks

The Federal Reserve needs to understand more about the assumptions that models of alternative monetary policy frameworks make before considering a move to a new regime, Cleveland Fed president Loretta Mester said during a panel discussion.

This year, the Fed is reviewing the framework it uses to make monetary policy decisions. A significant focus of the Fed’s programme is around alternative inflation-targeting regimes, such as price-level targeting, averaging inflation targeting and nominal GDP