Money not useful for optimal monetary policy, could harm economy.
The article explores if using money as a guide for making monetary policy decisions is helpful when the policy maker doesn't have all the information they need. The researchers found that in the U.S. economy, looking at money doesn't really help the policy maker. If money demand was more stable, it could be useful when dealing with changes in productivity, but not so much when dealing with changes in money demand. They also showed that when money demand is less variable, overall welfare decreases.