The question is whether a cooling economy will keep a lid on inflation in the months ahead? (capitalspectator.com)
The U.K. had been expected to follow close behind the Federal Reserve in raising interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade, but with lower commodity prices and weak wage growth still keeping a lid on inflation, economists now think that the U.K. may not raise rates till 2017 — even though new data out Wednesday showed the employment rate hit a 45 - year high of 74 % in the three months to November. (fortune.com)
It did not take long after the passage of Humphrey - Hawkins for wiser Federal Reserve officials, including Paul Volcker (who became Chair in 1979), to conclude that the «dual mandate,» far from defining a new and sustainable approach to monetary policy, was simply a nuisance — something they had to pay lip service to, whilst really concerning themselves with keeping a lid on inflation, so as to undo and avoid repeating the mistakes of the 70s. (alt-m.org)