US High School Economics class: Can ‘high for longer’ substitute for rate rises?

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• Monetary policy

Click to read the article below and then answer the questions:

Central banks debate: can ‘high for longer’ substitute for rate rises?

• What two policy options are proposed as alternatives? 

• What is the end goal of both policies?

• Which policy is preferable? Why? 

• Are central banks across the world implementing the same policy? Why or why not?

Ariel Slonim at MRU Econinbox