Monday, August 15, 2011

Spend, baby spend and shop till you drop

Christina Romer: "... There is clearly a lesson for modern policy makers. Monetary expansion was very effective in the mid-1930s, even though nominal interest rates were near zero, as they are today. The Federal Reserve’s policy statement last week provided tantalizing hints that it may be taking this lesson to heart and using its available tools more aggressively in coming months...."
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Comment: O my goodness, Christina! You're really living in the past.

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