Adaptive learning models offer route out of liquidity traps, paper argues

Empirical studies vary greatly on effects of asset purchase programmes

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The Bank of Finland

An analysis of liquidity traps using an adaptive learning approach shows monetary easing policies may allow an economy to break free of these situations under certain conditions, a paper published this month by the Bank of Finland argues.

In Monetary policies to counter the zero interest rate: an overview of research, Seppo Honkapohja, a board member of the central bank, analyses expectations-driven liquidity traps using a macroeconomic model, which gives agents an adaptive learning approach

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