全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): Tax reforms and top incomes

With interest rates stuck at or near the zero lower bound, central banks around the world turned to policies that used central bank balance sheets to conduct ‘unconventional’ monetary policy – much of it focused on a massive expansion of liquidity. But do we revert to normality when it’s all over, and what will that 'normal' be? This was the subject of Exit Strategy, CEPR and ICMB's report of the 15th Geneva Conference on the World Economy, which took place in Geneva on 3 May 2013.

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The report asks three important questions about what it calls "a complex and untested process", which have only become more pressing since then. Will we return to the old status quo and, if not, what will have changed? How do we get from where we are today to the next stage? And what will central banks look like in the future?
Written by Alan Blinder, Thomas Jordan, Donald Kohn and Frederic Mishkin, the report also summarises papers by the present and past central bankers, financial market participants and academics who attended the Geneva conference in 2013.

The authors warn that the exit will be "fraught with difficulties, if not dangers". The report analyses the processes of raising interest rates and shrinking balance sheets, while ensuring financial stability during the exit. It asks whether flexible inflation targeting will remain the preferred strategy for central bankers, and how central banks will remain independent in a world where their expanded responsibilities do not end with the conduct of macroprudential policy.
As the report says:

"[Central bank] mandates have changed; they now include new responsibilities for financial stability. This new situation is far from innocuous. Central banks will have to wade into troubled waters, including redistributive policies and quasi-fiscal operations. This may well test their independence, which is so crucial for the conduct of classic monetary policy."

References

Blinder, Alan, Thomas Jordan, Donald Kohn and Frederic Mishkin, 2013. Exit Strategy, the 15th Geneva Report on the World Economy, CEPR London.

来源类型	VoxEU Column
规范类型	评论
	Tax reforms and top incomes
	Enrico Rubolino; Daniel Waldenstrom
发表日期	2017-04-13
出版年	2017
语种	英语
摘要	Central banks are now moving towards exiting from quantitative easing and other unconventional monetary policies. This column highlights a 2013 CEPR/ICMB report that examined the policy challenges surrounding this difficult and unprecedented task. It explores ways policymakers could handle exit and its long-run implications. This is part of the CEPR Flashbacks series that highlights the relevance of past CEPR reports to today’s challenges.Our CEPR Flashbacks highlight past CEPR reports relevant to today’s challenges. This column highlights a report first published in 2013, which examined how the exit from unconventional monetary policies could be handled by policymakers, what the post-exit world will look like, and the long-run implications for central banks.
正文	With interest rates stuck at or near the zero lower bound, central banks around the world turned to policies that used central bank balance sheets to conduct ‘unconventional’ monetary policy – much of it focused on a massive expansion of liquidity. But do we revert to normality when it’s all over, and what will that 'normal' be? This was the subject of Exit Strategy, CEPR and ICMB's report of the 15th Geneva Conference on the World Economy, which took place in Geneva on 3 May 2013. Download the publication for free here (create a VoxAccount if you don’t already have one) The report asks three important questions about what it calls "a complex and untested process", which have only become more pressing since then. Will we return to the old status quo and, if not, what will have changed? How do we get from where we are today to the next stage? And what will central banks look like in the future? Written by Alan Blinder, Thomas Jordan, Donald Kohn and Frederic Mishkin, the report also summarises papers by the present and past central bankers, financial market participants and academics who attended the Geneva conference in 2013. The authors warn that the exit will be "fraught with difficulties, if not dangers". The report analyses the processes of raising interest rates and shrinking balance sheets, while ensuring financial stability during the exit. It asks whether flexible inflation targeting will remain the preferred strategy for central bankers, and how central banks will remain independent in a world where their expanded responsibilities do not end with the conduct of macroprudential policy. As the report says: "[Central bank] mandates have changed; they now include new responsibilities for financial stability. This new situation is far from innocuous. Central banks will have to wade into troubled waters, including redistributive policies and quasi-fiscal operations. This may well test their independence, which is so crucial for the conduct of classic monetary policy." References Blinder, Alan, Thomas Jordan, Donald Kohn and Frederic Mishkin, 2013. Exit Strategy, the 15th Geneva Report on the World Economy, CEPR London.
主题	Financial Markets ; Macroeconomic policy ; Politics and economics
关键词	Liquidity trap Quantitative easing Eurozone crisis Zero lower bound flashbacks
URL	https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/tax-reforms-and-top-incomes
来源智库	Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/552776
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Enrico Rubolino,Daniel Waldenstrom. Tax reforms and top incomes. 2017.

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