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Re:Fed Prints Another $205B This Week, M2 Growing at Fastest... by RobertoG on Friday April 24, 2020 @11:17AM (#22968876)
Fiscal policy is the obvious solution to aggregate demand problems, not monetary policy.
Re:Fed Prints Another $205B This Week, M2 Growing at Fastest... by Eliezer on Friday April 24, 2020 @03:59PM (#22972290)
Fiscal policy creates debt that needs to be repaid. Ordinary monetary policy involves swapping new currency for very stable assets like Treasury bonds that can be sold back later to destroy the currency. As much aggregate demand as possible should therefore be created by ordinary monetary policy, since it's cheaper (and faster and easier).
Re:Fed Prints Another $205B This Week, M2 Growing at Fastest... by RobertoG on Friday April 24, 2020 @06:33PM (#22973608)
That's not how it works(1).

As the QE programs have showed, you don't get any demand by creating more reserves in a depression. For those reserves to get traction over the economy you need somebody that borrow from the banks.

(1) - http://bilbo.economicoutlook.net/blog/?p=661

http://bilbo.economicoutlook.net/blog/?p=29140

Re:Fed Prints Another $205B This Week, M2 Growing at Fastest... by WanderPanda on Friday April 24, 2020 @05:55PM (#22973330)
But monetary policy is quite unfair in that it benefits the wealthy / institutionals most (e.g. through buying of junk bonds) while inflating the money of all other people