However, the staffresearchsuggeststhe Fedshouldmaintainunconventionalpolicies that provide stimulusroughlyequivalent to aninterest rateofminus 5 per cent.
The equivalentstimulus could have been achieved at a much lower budgetary cost, both near and long term, by focusing tax cuts on lower-income households who are more likely to spend their gains.
It seems certain that the Federal Reserve will continue to accompany fiscal stimulus with the monetary equivalent in the form of near-zero interest rates and further quantitative easing.