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What the Fed can do to help with with coronavirus’s economic aftershock. March 3, 2020, Opinion: "While the Fed acted preemptively Tuesday, it is still too early to say much…
February 26, 2020, Paper: "This is a curious debate on which much seems to turn on “the stroke of a pen.” Do banks create money or are they intermediaries between depositors…
Data and code for: Automatic stabilizers in a low-rate environment. Lawrence Summers, February 16, 2020, Dataset, "In a world where monetary policy cannot assume responsibility…
February 2020, Paper: "Until the 2008–09 financial crisis, macroeconomic stabilization policy focused nearly exclusively on monetary policy. It made good sense. In terms of…
December 9, 2019, Opinion, "With interest rates on government debt at multi-decade lows, a number of leading economists have argued that almost every advanced economy can allow…
December 6, 2019, Paper, "The existence of comprehensive social policies to compensate those who might be harmed by integration is widely seen as an important precondition for…
2019, Paper, "We develop a model in which risk-averse, specialized bond investors must be paid to absorb shocks to the supply and demand for long-term bonds in two currencies.…
November 6, 2019, Paper, "As we wrestle with the future of our safety net and social insurance programs, it is important to understand not only the features and outcomes…
October 30, 2019, Paper, "Can massive online retailers such as Amazon and Alibaba issue digital tokens that potentially compete with bank debit accounts? We explore whether a…
The IMF After Argentina. Kenneth Rogoff, October 2, 2019, Opinion, "It’s high time to ask how to refocus the International Monetary Fund’s mandate for dealing with emerging-market…