"Fed’s goal: get the U.S. inflation rate to 2%":
This is partially true, since the Fed's goal is also to maximize employment[1]. So really, they should add employment rates in these different categories as well. Which makes the job even harder.<p>In fact, balancing the two was thought to be a very hard job in theory, almost impossible. And that's why the EU central bank mission _is_ to only stabilize inflation and let each country focus on employment. (it's less and less true because of pressure from EU countries such as France and Italy).<p>[1] <a href="http://www.federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed/mission.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.federalreserve.gov/aboutthefed/mission.htm</a>