Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/277395 
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Year of Publication: 
2017
Citation: 
[Journal:] European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention (EJEEP) [ISSN:] 2052-7772 [Volume:] 14 [Issue:] 3 [Year:] 2017 [Pages:] 296-313
Publisher: 
Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham
Abstract: 
After the global financial crisis, the Bank for International Settlements emerged as an influential voice in policy debates. Under the rubric of preventing 'financial imbalances', and concerned with the 'illusory' nature of demand management, the Bank has proposed a macro policy framework based on 'finance-neutral' output gaps. This paper critiques the analysis of the New Austrian School, that is, the Bank for International Settlements. The Bank is seeking an operational anchor for a Hayekian version of the Wicksellian 'natural rate of interest' that would obtain a 'sustainable' output level consistent with a long-run 'financial equilibrium' for the private non-financial sector. The fuzzy concept of 'financial imbalances' plays a similar role to that of 'forced saving' in the Old Austrian School framework. Incredibly, the institutional flaws in the eurozone that made sovereigns vulnerable to debt crises, large current-account surpluses, high rates of unemployment and rising inequality are not deemed as 'imbalances' worthy of a public policy response.
Subjects: 
financial imbalances
Austrian school
natural rate of interest
fiscal policy
JEL: 
B13
B25
B53
E20
E32
E51
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