[Smlr_net] EPI: Wage growth targets are good economics—if you get the details right

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management* Title: Wage growth targets are good economics—if you get the details right Author: Josh Bivens Source: Economic Policy Institute (EPI)

*Date: *Oct 29, 2019

*Summary:* Earlier this month, Olivier Blanchard—the former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund and an influential figure in macroeconomics—*suggested* https://www.brookings.edu/events/whats-not-up-with-inflation/?utm_source=Macro+Newsletter&utm_campaign=6804cf40ef-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_04_26_09_12_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c7f77b552d-6804cf40ef-&mc_cid=6804cf40ef&mc_eid=%5bUNIQID%5d that the Federal Reserve should consider targeting inflation in nominal wages rather than (or in addition to) inflation in prices.

*Link:* http://bit.ly/2Wotvya

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