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>There is much debate in Sweden and further afield about the use of monetary policy – rather than macro- and micro-prudential tools – to ‘lean against the wind’ as a way of preventing dangerous bubbles building up in economies. This article looks at whether, under a mandate of flexible inflation targeting, household debt should be introduced as an additional target for monetary policy. It also reviews how to conduct policy evaluation, drawing on six years of