You can't get out of a crisis caused by excessive public and private sector borrowing with a further increase in government borrowing.

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However, when central banks pay interest on reserves or a deposit facility, this interest rate is rarely the one used to set the target for short-term private sector borrowing rates.

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"Expectations for tapering off of the Fed's outcome-based purchases have been pushed back due to recent softening in the economic data, " according to a statement from the private sector Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee released on Wednesday.

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