4 See Svensson, Lars ( 1997) 5 Bean, Charles (2009) and (2013) 3  2  similarities should be taken into consideration when understanding the popularity of the flexible inflation targeting framework since the early 90s. This positive verdict on inflation targeting has been more recently called into question. Typically, opponents of inflation targeting rely on one of the following two arguments.
First, some criticise inflation targeting for having failed to prevent the occurrence of the crisis.