Ten Take Aways from the "Rethinking Macro Policy: Progress or Confusion?"
On April 15-16, the IMF organized the third conference on “Rethinking Macro Policy.“
Here are my personal take aways.
1. What will be the “new normal”?
I had asked the panelists to concentrate not on current policy challenges, but on challenges in the “new normal.” I had implicitly assumed that this new normal would be very much like the old normal, one of decent growth and positive equilibrium interest rates. The assumption was challenged at the conference.