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1221: 35: 512:, signalled that the policy was probably dead, as he felt that while this particular group of economists would, "back the notion of the government taking advantage of prevailing low interest rates to borrow considerably more for investment in infrastructure," they would not support the ultra formulation of the policy, "for fear that the anti-inflationary credentials of the Bank of England would be destroyed", and that if the policy survived it would be as, "a contingent rainy-day monetary tool, for when the economy is next in direst straits." 1543: 1531: 1493: 1230: 290: 537: 1519: 801: 435:
critical of the proposal. Yates suggested it could encourage reckless spending by governments to finance "pet projects" and could encourage governments to print money to finance pre election booms followed by austerity after a government is reelected and could fuel extreme inflation. Yates is
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create money to invest in housing and public transport, described by Corbyn as "People's Quantitative Easing". This would aim to turn the UK into a high-skill, high-tech economy and to build more council houses in order to lower long-term housing benefit costs. To achieve this, the Bank would
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wrote that as quantitative easing had the potential to cause inflation; currently the Bank of England holds onto the money it creates and thus has the power to 'unwind QE' by reversing it, whereas if the money had gone into a National Investment Bank, this would not be possible.
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The policy was criticised by other leadership candidates, who claimed it was 'economically illiterate' and would increase the risk of investing in the UK. It would also clash with Article 123 of the EU's
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published an article arguing that a limited amount of PQE would usefully increase employment and inflation, reducing the burden of debt accumulated since the
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which prevents central banks from printing money to finance government spending and could cause a legal battle with the
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offered a qualified endorsement of Corbyn's proposals to carry out PQE through a National Investment Bank, and both
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In August 2015, Corbyn stated he had had messages of support on his economic policies in general from economists
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to create money to finance government investment via a National Investment Bank.
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further concerned that high inflation and economic uncertainty tends to hit
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Policy proposal; central banks invest directly in infrastructure and housing
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purchase bonds for a state-owned "National Investment Bank".
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contended that the composition of the panel, which included
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claimed People's Quantitative Easing was evocative of
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