Then we can talk about whether fiscal and monetary stimulus boosts wages and profits.

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And so in both cases, the monetary authority can help out by producing enough inflation to bring real wages down to a level where supply and demand are brought back into balance.

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The price is still being paid with wages and costs being slashed in an attempt for these mainly southern countries to regain competitiveness within a monetary union.

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