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Monetary policy and government debt management during the coronavirus pandemic
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External Authors
Alen, W A
Related Themes
Macro-Economic Dynamics and PolicyJEL Code
E52; E58; E63
Journal
National Institute Economic Review
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Issue
255
This paper describes how the large budget deficits of 2020 in the United States and the United Kingdom were financed, how central banks are in practice managed not just short-term interest rates but also yields on government bonds, and how their ability to resist a post-coronavirus surge in inflation has been compromised.
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