He's loosening Heaven's laws.

Critically, the package should be financed by government bonds issued by the Ministry of Finance, not by commercial banks via local government financing vehicles. Any loosening of monetary policy should be aimed directly at accommodating fiscal policy.

But policymakers must recognize the damage being done by excessively high real interest rates. Monetary loosening is vital to prevent growth from slowing further, and thus to ensure economic stability at home and maintain the momentum of recovery worldwide.

In fact, the PBOC has little choice but to engage in monetary policy loosening. But it can avoid the pitfalls of such an approach by placing it within a broader, more comprehensive strategy that accounts for the underlying causes of the increase in funding costs for businesses.

Nevertheless, the risk of a severe recession and of a serious banking and financial crisis will ultimately force all G7 central banks to cut rates. The problem is that, especially outside the US, this monetary loosening will occur only when the G7 and global recession become entrenched.

The price of ICTs goods and services has fallen because of technological advances, increased competition and loosening trade restrictions.

In fact, the rising cost of intermediation largely a result of the distortions in China s financial system is among the most important factors driving the rise in borrowing costs for Chinese businesses. That is why further monetary loosening by the PBOC, though necessary to address faltering growth, will not be enough.

This year, the emerging economies are worried about a tightening of global monetary policy, not the policy loosening that three years ago fueled talk of currency wars. As the Fed tapers its purchases of long term assets, including US treasury securities, it is a perfect time for the ECB to step in and buy some itself.

In addition to short term policy headaches, stronger currencies carry potentially significant costs in terms of hollowing out industrial and service sectors. So, after a varying mix of tolerance and heterodox responses, officials are pulled into loosening their own monetary policy in order to weaken their countries currencies or, at a minimum, limit the pace of appreciation.

In the US, the two day Federal Open Market Committee meeting on June 29 30 is likely to mark a major turning point, reversing the steady decline of the benchmark federal funds rate since Alan Greenspan began loosening monetary policy in 2001. This is likely to be followed by rate increases in China, the Eurozone, and elsewhere.

Monetary Mystification

One after another, they abandoned the gold standard, depreciating their currencies. By loosening credit in this way, they recovered, one after another, from the Great Depression.

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For its part, the People s Bank of China (PBOC) has engaged in cautious monetary loosening, which includes freeing up more funds for lending by banks that allocate a certain proportion of their total loan portfolio to SMEs. The PBOC, through its pledged supplementary lending program, has also started lending directly to banks that have promised to use the funds for social housing construction.

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And here was the clincher By committing themselves to fiscal tightening, finance ministers gave themselves scope for some fiscal loosening. Proclaiming fiscal virtue enabled them to practice fiscal vice.

Why is Monetary Policy Underrated?

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