Clapping With One Hand: Can Central Banks Overcome the Bad Policies of their Countries’ Political Leadership?

October 01, 2016


Clapping With One Hand: Can Central Banks Overcome the Bad Policies of their Countries’ Political Leadership?

Since 2008, we at Conning have been saying that the weak economy is not a monetary problem, so it does not have a monetary solution. When a nation’s leadership promulgates poor regulatory, fiscal, and trade policies, it leaves the job of offsetting the effects on their citizens to the central banks. This lack of policy coordination is like a one- handed clap. Now, perhaps more than ever, a deep understanding of central bank policies is required to make global forecasts and informed investment decisions. Let’s examine a few of these effects and how we believe they are holding back growth.

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