A central bank operates under an inflation-targeting framework, aiming for a stable annual inflation rate of 2.5%. The bank's research department estimates that long-run real output growth is constant at 3.0% per annum, while the velocity of circulation of money is decreasing by 1.5% per annum.
Using the percentage change approximation of the Fisher equation of exchange (MV=PQMV = PQMV=PQ), which growth rate of the money supply must the central bank target to achieve its inflation objective?
1.0%1.0\%1.0%
4.0%4.0\%4.0%
7.0%7.0\%7.0%
2.0%2.0\%2.0%