2014-01-14moneynews.com

Stubbornly weak inflation is shaping up as the wild card for U.S. monetary policy makers this year, with top Federal Reserve officials stumped by why it has lingered so low for so long and at odds as to what to do about it.

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Both Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren and Chicago Fed President Charles Evans have referred to stubbornly low inflation as a "puzzle," and have warned that the longer it persists, the more likely it is that there is something rotten in the state of the economy.



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