Monetary Policy with Negative Interest Rates : Decoupling Cash from Electronic Money /

Monetary policy space remains constrained by the lower bound in many countries, limiting the policy options available to address future deflationary shocks. The existence of cash prevents central banks from cutting interest rates much below zero. In this paper, we consider the practical feasibility...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Assenmacher, Katrin
Other Authors: Krogstrup, Signe
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2018/191
Online Access:Full text available on IMF