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Central Bank Response to a Supply Shock
Consider an economy with a flexible exchange rate and a central bank that has a well-established and credible long-run inflation target of 2%. If this economy experiences a sudden, significant, and temporary increase in the global price of a key imported commodity, which pushes current inflation above the 2% target, explain the primary trade-off the central bank faces and why it might choose not to respond with a large, immediate increase in its policy interest rate.
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Central Bank Response to a Supply Shock
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