Last week Helicopter Ben was speaking at the 56th Economic Conference in Boston and let slip that the Fed may not just be trying to stop inflation anymore, but also may targeting nominal gross domestic product (the two don’t normally go hand in hand).
If the fed tries to prop up NGDP as well as fight inflation, it will certainly be entertaining in the next few years.
Here is an article about the Helicopter Man:
http://business-news.thestreet.com/signonsandiego/story/the-most-important-ben-bernanke-speech-that-no-one-heard/11282562