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In a world of low rates, what else can the RBA and central banks do?

  • Written by Remy Davison, Jean Monnet Chair in Politics and Economics, Monash University
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The world still needs the central banks to bail us out of trouble but the impact of monetary policy is complicated in a world of zero or near-zero interest-rate policy (ZIRP) and negative interest-rate policy (NIRP).

Money presents us with three alternatives: we can spend it, save it or invest it. Most households and governments do the first;...

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