We study a new type of monetary-fiscal interaction in a heterogeneous-agent New Keynesian model with a fiscal block. Due to household heterogeneity, the stock of public debt affects the natural interest rate, forcing the central bank to adapt its monetary policy rule to the fiscal stance to...

This upper level textbook for students in finance, labour economics and macroeconomics challenges the conventional view that money has no impact on production in the longer term. The resulting policy implications are also considered, in particular the desirability of an independent central bank