Ninth, QE and other unconventional monetary policies can have serious unintended consequences.

Unconventional measures are part of a broader transformation of monetary policymaking.

I don t think monetary policy, even unorthodox monetary policy, can do the job.

Second, they could continue to rely on conventional monetary and fiscal policy to pull the economy out of the doldrums.

13. Monetary and financial policies and strategies

Monetary and financial policies and strategies

NEW YORK Most observers regard unconventional monetary policies such as quantitative easing (QE) as necessary to jump start growth in today s anemic economies.

All along, such unconventional policies were viewed as a temporary fix.

Consider monetary and fiscal policies.

With traditional monetary policy becoming less effective, non traditional policy tools aimed at generating greater liquidity and credit (via quantitative easing and direct central bank purchases of private illiquid assets) will become necessary.

In large part, that is because unconventional monetary policies were never the miracle drug that they were supposed to be.

But the eurozone s architecture in which monetary policy is centralized, but budgetary and economic policies are left up to individual governments is not viable in the long term.

As the ongoing recession exhausts the traditional instruments of monetary policy, central banks are opting for new rounds of quantitative easing (QE).

And, while traditional fiscal policy (government spending and tax cuts) will be pursued aggressively, non traditional fiscal policy (expenditures to bail out financial institutions, lenders, and borrowers) will also become increasingly important.

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All of this adds up to a recipe for continued slow growth, secular stagnation, disinflation, and even deflation. That is why, in the absence of appropriate fiscal policies to address insufficient aggregate demand, unconventional monetary policies will remain a central feature of the macroeconomic landscape.

Monetary and fiscal policies cannot be expected to turn this situation around.

To the extent that unconventional monetary policy including various forms of quantitative easing, as well as pronouncements about prolonging low interest rates serves these roles, it might be justified.

Other unconventional policies, however, have been undertaken to stimulate the economy, rather than to deal with broken markets.

Rather than use the opportunity provided by central banks unconventional monetary policies to respond effectively, too many of them have slipped into an essentially dormant mode of inaction and denial.

As the Fed exhausts the power of traditional monetary instruments, it is heading into uncharted territory, with the potential of unpredictable outcomes and unprecedented collateral damage.

By creating the impression that something beneficial is being done, unconventional monetary policy relieves pressure on politicians.

The inability of unconventional monetary policies to prevent outright deflation partly reflects the fact that such policies seek to weaken the currency, thereby improving net exports and increasing inflation. This, however, is a zero sum game that merely exports deflation and recession to other economies.

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The loose monetary policies of the early 1990s pushed inflation to hyperinflationary levels.

Our stable macro economic situation is the outcome of a mix of prudent monetary and fiscal policies.

Moreover, after the financial crisis erupted, central banks were increasingly compelled to depart from inflation targeting, and to implement myriad unconventional monetary policies in order to ameliorate the consequences of the crash and facilitate economic recovery.

To be sure, QE and other unconventional monetary policies do have important short term benefits. But if such policies remain in place for too long, their side effects could be severe and the longer term costs very high.

Assessed contributions outstanding and cash levels

Now, just as the US Federal Reserve contemplates an exit from its unconventional monetary policies, emerging economies current account positions are weakening, making their reliance on capital inflows increasingly apparent and increasingly dangerous.

The more its unconventional initiatives to repair the euro are contested, the more orthodox the ECB will be in its conduct of monetary policy.

Anxiety over unconventional monetary policies and currency wars must not continue to dominate global policy discussions, especially given last month s pledge by G 20 leaders not to engage in competitive currency devaluations.

In many advanced economies, both monetary and fiscal policies have reached the limits of their effectiveness.

Finally, there is a risk of losing sight of any road back to conventional monetary policies.

Second, they could continue to rely on conventional monetary and fiscal policy to pull the economy out of the doldrums. This is the approach still preferred by the Obama administration, despite its poor performance.

A number of speakers called for a better coordination in monetary policies in developed countries.

This is not to say that sudden normalization of monetary policy is a good idea. But, if large scale investment and reform programs were initiated as complements to unconventional monetary policy measures, the economy could move onto a more resilient growth path.

Using monetary policy to compensate for deficiencies in other policy areas constitutes an institutional breakdown monetary policymakers are not necessarily getting it wrong, but they are constrained by the configuration of other policies.

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But monetary policy typically focuses on domestic recovery. And, though unconventional measures have reduced financial instability, their effectiveness in countering widespread deflationary pressures or restoring growth remains dubious.

With these few exceptions, traditional authorities and courts continue to be dominated by men.

As policy interest rates are already floored at zero, it is compelled to venture ever deeper into the uncharted realm of unconventional policies.

Ironically, because the traction of unconventional policies has always been limited, the fallout on real economies is likely to be muted.