ECB Needs to Finance Corona Budget Deficits
Budget deficit
ECB
Monetary financing
Covid-19
Corona
Sooner or later, the ECB must accept that monetary financing in support of deficit spending is a necessity not just for mitigating the Corona crisis, but also for averting a downward deflationary cycle that could pull the Eurozone apart. It is time to think outside the box and to set aside dogmas that may be appropriate in normal times but not when we face an existential crisis.