long run. In particular, we show that if monetary policy reacts aggressively to inflation, this supports a steady state … where inflation is close to the central bank's target. However, the same aggressive policy simultaneously favours the … inflation are lower and monetary policy is constrained by the effective lower bound. We discuss how fiscal policy can be used to …

This paper studies the effects of fiscal policy on GDP, inflation and interest rates in 5 OECD countries, using a … plausible values of its price elasticity, government spending typically has small effects on inflation. 6) Both the decline in …