Institutional Economics

Institutional Economics

Malcolm Edey’s General Taboo

No, the RBA is not financing the government

Stephen Kirchner
May 21, 2021
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A story by John Kehoe makes much of Malcolm Edey’s ‘respectful disagreement’ with RBA Governor Phil Lowe as to whether the RBA’s purchases of government bonds for monetary policy purposes are financi…

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