Question: we know that United States is at least using both monetary policy (by lowering the interest rate to be 0%) and fiscal policy (by having

we know that United States is at least using both monetary policy (by lowering the interest rate to be 0%) and fiscal policy (by having 2 trillion USD ready for spending on infrastructures).

Given the current condition with the corona virus pandemic still ongoing, and the lock down has not been lifted,

  1. How successful do you think the monetary policy (only) would be? and why?
  2. How successful do you think the fiscal policy (only) would be? and why?
  3. How successful is the combination of both monetary policy and fiscal policy? and why?
  4. Should the government consider quantitative easing? and why?

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