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Article: A boom not a slump is the right time for austerity measures.
- Article from:
- The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon)
- Article date:
- October 7, 2009
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Summary:
Have stimulus packages brought the world's traumatized ecoA[degrees]nomies back to life? Or have they set the scene for inflation and big future debt burdens? The answer is that they may have done both. The key question now concerns the order in which these outcomes occur.The theory behind the massive economic stimulus efforts that many governments have undertaken rests on the notion of the "output gap."
Have stimulus packages brought the world's traumatized eco-nomies back to life? Or have they set the scene for inflation and big future debt burdens? The answer is that they may have done both. The key question now concerns the order in which these ...