IN general, economists have made considerable progress in understanding the role of central banks in addressing inflation.
Until at least in the early 1970s, the majority of economists felt that central banks were able to do little to control inflation. Conventional wisdom indicated that monetary policy was relatively ineffective to control inflation or even stabilise the economy.
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