Stimulus package
January 07, 2009 at 08:54 AM EST
[Skip to the end] (email exchange) > > Mauer wrote: > > My main worry about the efficacy of the fiscal > stimulus–aside from the international > spillovers in case it is not supported by equally > ambitious fiscal plans elsewhere–is this: > households that face considerable employment > uncertainty, and hence about their to future > income prospects, are unlikely to go on a big > spending spree. Just as banks are hoarding > cash, households will [...]