Full Presentation: Central Banks' Securities Purchases' Effect on Investment

Infographic Instant with Bryane Michael

Why don't central banks buy our companies' stocks and bonds? Should they fund mostly governments? And expand credit through banks? We look at central banks' role as a "funder of last resort." We find that investment increases when central banks buy private sector assets - except under a certain "sloth effect." We describe how law fails to give central banks the authority they need - and show how drafting a nominal GDP target objective directly into the central bank law helps promote investment and growth. For more: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3023795