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• Lúcio Vinhas de Souza⁰

1. Lúcio Vinhas de Souza

   1. Havard University, Cambridge, USA
      

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This book explores the end of the era of low inflation and stable price increases, known as “The Great Moderation”, and the impact this will have on monetary policy. The macroeconomic trends and economic policy issues observed within developed countries over the last 70 years are linked with the economic theory debates of the time to highlight how the current economic challenges came about. The limitations of past economic policies are highlighted to help create a new policy framework for an era defined by high inflation, low economic growth, large budget deficits, and increased private sector debt.

This book presents a new understanding of monetary policy that engages with the changing behaviour of economic agents. It will be relevant to researchers and policymakers interested in monetary policy and the political economy.

• Economic stagnation
• Global financial crisis
• Global price shocks
• Business cycle disruption
• Monetary policy
• Fiscal responses to COVID-19
• Public debt
• Inflation
• Price-formation dynamics

• Havard University, Cambridge, USA

  Lúcio Vinhas de Souza

Lúcio Vinhas de Souza is currently a Fellow at Harvard University, Cambridge and a Visiting Professor at Brandeis University, Boston, USA. He is also the former Chief Economist of Moody’s and a former Advisor to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.

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