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Monetary policy impotent during a balance sheet recession

Between 2008 and 2019, excess capacity, slow growth and never-ending central bank liquidity injections suppressed interest rates and encouraged corporations to magnify profits by increasing their debt.  This meant that the corporate sector came into the 2020 recession with record … Continue reading

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