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Published in TZ Latest News 20 July, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff

Long run of low U.S. inflation not unusual, Fed paper finds

Public fretting by some U.S. central bankers over excessively low inflation aside, the current bout of sub-par U.S. inflation isn’t that unusual and will likely be cured as employment rises, according to a study published Monday by the San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank. U.S. inflation has lingered below the Fed’s 2-percent target for more than three years, and policymakers such as Chicago Fed President Charles Evans have pointed to that shortfall as reason to hold short-term borrowing costs near zero until well into next year.

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