Rethinking Macroeconomic Policy

19 Pages Posted: 20 Feb 2010

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Olivier J. Blanchard

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Peterson Institute for International Economics

Giovanni Dell'Ariccia

International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Paolo Mauro

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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Date Written: January 2010

Abstract

The great moderation lulled macroeconomists and policymakers alike in the belief that we knew how to conduct macroeconomic policy. The crisis clearly forces us to question that assessment. In this paper, we review the main elements of the pre-crisis framework still hold, and take a tentative first pass at the contours of a new macroeconomic policy framework.

Keywords: Macroeconomic policy, macroprudential regulation, inflation targets, automatic stabilizers

JEL Classification: E44, E52, E58, G38, H50

Suggested Citation

Blanchard, Olivier J. and Dell'Ariccia, Giovanni and Mauro, Paolo, Rethinking Macroeconomic Policy (January 2010). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1555117 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1555117

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Giovanni Dell'Ariccia

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Paolo Mauro

International Monetary Fund (IMF) ( email )

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