Macroeconomics 14th Edition by William Baumol,Alan Blinder,John Solow

Exercise 10

*Many economists believe that there is a "long and variable time lag" between the time a change in monetary policy is instituted and the time its primary impact on output, employment, and prices is felt. If true, how does this long and variable time lag affect the ability of policy-makers to use monetary policy as a stabilization tool?