Lars Svensson, a former Princeton professor and deputy governor of the Swedish central bank, proclaimed that whenan economy is at risk of falling into deflation, centralbankers should be “responsibly irresponsible” with monetary expansion policies. What does this mean, and howdoes it relate to the monetary transmission mechanisms?

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Lars Svensson, a former Princeton professor and deputy governor of the Swedish central bank, proclaimed that when
an economy is at risk of falling into deflation, central
bankers should be “responsibly irresponsible” with monetary expansion policies. What does this mean, and how
does it relate to the monetary transmission mechanisms?

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