It is also important to keep in perspective the very real problems that beset our society in other respects, including adolescent depression and the terrible cost it can extract on young lives, on families and on all of us.
While monetary policy does not target any particular group of people, when we assess whether we are at maximum employment, we purposely look at a wide range of 1/2  BIS central bankers' speeches  indicators, and we are attentive to disparities in the labor market, rather than just the headline numbers. Diversity and inclusion play a role in policymaking as well.