上週有多達22名知名經濟學者聯署，呼籲聯儲局考慮改變其2%的通脹目標。以下為有份聯署的22名學者:
| Dean Baker Center for Economic and Policy Research |
Laurence Bell Johns Hopkins University |
| Heather Boushey Washington Center for Equitable Growth |
Josh Bivens Economic Policy Institute |
| Brad DeLong University of California, Berkeley |
Tim Duy University of Oregon |
| Joseph Gagnon Peterson Institute |
Narayana Kocherlakota University of Rochester |
| Lawrence Mishel Economic Policy Institute |
Manuel Pastor University of Southern California |
| William Spriggs Howard University |
Mark Thoma University of Oregon |
| Valerie Wilson Economic Policy Institute |
Justin Wolfers University of Michigan |
| Gene Sperling Obama Administration Economist |
Joseph Stiglitz Columbia University |
| Jared Bernstein Obama Administration Economist |
David Blanchflower Dartmouth College |
| Jason Furman Peterson Institute |
Mike Konczal Roosevelt Institute |
| Marc Jarsulic Center for American Progress |
Michael Madowitz Center for American Progress |
Prominent Economists Question Fed Inflation Target
在這封致主席Yellen及聯儲局理事會的聯署公開信中，他們指近年美國的均衡利率明顯在金融海嘯後有所下降，這令聯儲局就算將利率降至零息仍無法有效地提高經濟的總體需求。因此，他們認為聯儲局有需要重新審視2%的通脹目標是否仍然合適。聯署信中建議，聯儲局可以考慮成立一個有廣泛代表性、具專業知識、透明度及有公信力的委員會，去審視通脹目標的合適程度，及作出相應的政策建議。
