Former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan knew that it did not. On July 2, 1996, at a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), which was devoted to extensive discussion of the appropriate inflation target for the Fed, Greenspan posed a simple question: “Are we talking about price stability or are we talking about zero inflation?” he asked.
美联储前主席格林斯潘（Alan Greenspan）知道，答案是否定的。1996年7月2日，在联邦公开市场委员会（FOMC，该委员会通过广泛讨论为美联储确定合适的通胀目标）会议上提出了一个简单的问题：“我们是在讨论物价稳定，还是在讨论零通胀？”他说，“我们都知道这是两个不同的东西。”