What are the current debates surrounding the use of contractionary monetary policy in today's economy?

An expansionary policy increases the supply of money in an economy. On the other hand, a contractionary policy decreases the supply of a country's currency. Aug 17, 2022 ... “Contractionary monetary policy runs the risk of quietly worsening racial and gender gaps with or without a widespread recession.” Inflation on ... Dec 22, 2018 ... Expansionary monetary policy is simply a policy which expands (increases) the supply of money, whereas contractionary monetary policy contracts ... Fiscal policy that increases aggregate demand directly through an increase in government spending is typically called expansionary or “loose.” By contrast, ... Aug 10, 2022 ... In this paper we analyse the role of fiscal policy and its debt maturity structure which is producing this "monetary contraction" through its ... Jun 12, 2024 ... ... monetary policy and the monetary-fiscal policy ... In particular, sluggish aggregate demand driven by contractionary monetary policy may penalise ... Aug 26, 2024 ... Contractionary monetary policy is a macroeconomic tool that a central bank uses to reduce inflation. The goal is to slow the pace of the economy ... Jan 16, 2015 ... Working Paper No. 521. By Benjamin Nelson, Gabor Pinter and Konstantinos Theodoridis ... To explain this 'waterbed' effect, we propose a standard ... A contractionary policy is a monetary measure to reduce government spending or the rate of monetary expansion by a central bank. Keywords: Monetary policy, collateral constraints, currency mismatches, carry trade, spillovers. Page 2. BIS Working Papers are written by members of the ...