Time for unorthodox monetary policy.

This column explains the logic behind a radically new form of monetary policy – a new central-bank tool for stabilising the credit cycle. By buying bank stocks and credit instruments at the bottom of the cycle and selling at the top, the new policy could moderate the boom-and-bust credit cycle indep...

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Main Author: Muellbauer, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: CEPR 2008
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