Really should be a MONEY CLASS (#733580 , #758714 , #749912 etc)—Inflation targeting vs other types of monetary regimes—but it's early in the day and this is just a good read for now.
Ian Harnett in the Financial Times:
headline inflation matters to people more than “core”—current policy may be targeting the wrong variable. Central banks may feel they are better able to influence “core” prices with their policy, but by looking through shocks in food and energy prices, they are ignoring the prices that matter for most people. If policy had sought to bring demand and supply into equilibrium earlier, we might have seen lower peak inflation, less price persistence, and less political turmoil.
With the banger conclusion:
If politicians want to get re-elected, and central banks want to remain relevant to society, it may well be time for them to revisit their mandates.
Then again, says the based Bitcoiner: perhaps central banks won't be relevant to society in a not-so-far-off future. Oh well.