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Patrick Artus

Monetary policy is powerless against the structural features of economies

The case s of the euro zone and the OECD as a whole show that monetary policy is powerless against the structural functioning or features of economies. For example: An expansionary monetary policy cannot lift inflation if the functioning of the labour market leads income distribution to be skewed against wage earners; The euro zone’s expansionary monetary policy cannot lift inflation if the functioning of its goods and services market leads its companies to lack pricing power. Central banks therefore risk exhausting their arsenal in vain if they wish to combat the structural features of economies.
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Patrick Artus

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