在过去30年里，达成了一项显著的共识，即央行的主要责任，如果不是唯一责任的话，是维持价格稳定。 自上个世纪90年代以来，根据通胀目标更加确切地定义价格稳定日益盛行。
In the original vision of central banking, price stability was not at all an obvious purpose, since the value of money was cast in terms of specific weights of precious metals.