Governments around the world are responding forcefully to the Covid-19 crisis with a combined fiscal and monetary response that has already reached 10 per cent of global GDP. Yet according to the latest global assessment from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, these stimulus measures may not boost consumption and investment by as much as policy-makers are hoping.
The problem is that a significant portion of the money is being funnelled directly into capital buffers, leading to an increase in precautionary balances. The situation is akin to the ...
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First Published: Tue, June 09 2020. 23:25 IST
