Economics
Helicopter Money Might Be the ECB’s Best and Worst Options
- Blanchard says it may be a replacement for common euro budget
- But he notes such action not needed in euro area right now
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Helicopter money could be both the best and worst options for the European Central Bank if the euro-area slowdown morphed into a recession, according to a Peterson Institute paper.