Certainly. Other central banks have multiple objectives. Some that are specifically stated are the ones that the Federal Reserve has stated: maximum employment and stable prices. I’m not sure, but some are quite close in terms of keeping inflation low and watching output as well.

Unfortunately it is.

They would be a combination of market participants, academics, and anyone with an interest in what central banks do or say.

As Dave has explained, policy committees at central banks may choose to produce and publish one of several different types of forecasts— centralized, coordinated, or independent—or they may choose to release a staff forecast. In the table at the top of exhibit 4, columns A, B, and C show ...