Nir Kaissar, Columnist

Playing by the Taylor Rule

Formulas work for investment decisions, so why not monetary policy.
Photographer: Sam Hodgson/Bloomberg
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President Donald Trump fancies himself a disruptor, so it’s not surprising that Stanford economist John Taylor is on his shortlist to head the Federal Reserve.

But whether or not Trump taps Taylor for Fed chief, Taylor’s rules-based approach to monetary policy is in the Fed’s future.