
Could Ultra-Low Interest Rates Be Contractionary?
Sep 17, 2019 , et al. explain why further reductions in borrowing costs could hurt the global economy instead of helping it.
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Ernest Liu is a professor at the Bendheim Center for Finance at Princeton University.
Sep 17, 2019 , et al. explain why further reductions in borrowing costs could hurt the global economy instead of helping it.
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