Lowering interest rates without a fiscal loosening ought to lower inflation.

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• Ceding control of the Fed's balance sheet to the Treasury so it can keep interest rates low for more government borrowing would be a real inflation risk. CSClaudia Sahm17 Aug 2026inflationinterest rates
• Central bank purchases of government bonds are not bailouts and do not automatically cause inflation, since they only change the composition of the consolidated government's liabilities, not their total. OBOlivier Blanchard1 Jun 2022inflationinterest rates
• Central banks may begin easing tightening measures in the first half of 2023 as inflation and the economy cool. FWFred Wilson1 Jan 2023inflationinterest rates
• Central banks must be independent of politicians. FFFrancis Fukuyama31 Jul 2026inflationinterest rates
• Central banks should hold inflation-protected bonds as primary assets JCJohn H. Cochrane1 Oct 2026inflationinterest rates

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