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Crafting an Unconventional Policy Response to Economic Stagnation
Imagine you are an economic advisor to a country experiencing a decade of economic stagnation, characterized by near-zero inflation, persistently low interest rates at the effective lower bound, and high public debt that limits the scope for further government spending. The conventional separation of duties between the central bank (managing interest rates) and the treasury (managing the budget) has proven insufficient to revive the economy. Propose a novel, integrated macroeconomic policy framework that deviates from this conventional separation. In your response, describe the key features of your proposed framework, explain how the different policy tools would be coordinated, and justify why this alternative approach might be more effective in this specific economic context.
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