For these countries Mr Ghosh and his co-authors advocate debt restructuring in advance of monetary easing. (The IMF has also recommended a swift entry to the euro.) But otherwise, their macroeconomic prescriptions are very IMF 1.0: if a parity is to be defended, high rates will be needed.

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