What would a Taylor rule imply for global monetary policy?

Applying a simple Taylor rule to our economic forecasts suggests that the Federal Reserve is the only major central bank which should tighten monetary policy (or scale back its stimulus) before 2016. In contrast, the rule suggests that the ECB and Bank of England should actually loosen policy further.

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