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In the 1970s the Bank of Canada switched to monetarist money-supply targeting.


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The higher-than-expected inflation of the late-1980s was one reason the bank switched to inflation targeting.


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Only surprises have real effects, Friedman argued, but their effects last only until people realize what’s going on.


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In countries whose currencies have risen against the U.S. dollar, there’s “flow-through deflation” as imports get cheaper.