Suppose the economy is thought to be 1 percent below potential (i.e., the output gap is -1 percent), when potential output grows 4 percent per year. Suppose the Fed is following the Taylor rule, with an inflation rate of 4 percent over the past year. The equilibrium real fed funds rate is 3 percent, the weight on the output gap is 0.75 and the weigh on the inflation gap is 0.25. The inflation target is 1 percent. What should the federal funds rate be
