Central banks must guard independence – IMF

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Credit easing and the associated balance-sheet expansion could lead to central bank losses, which might provide further ammunition to those seeking to curtail central bank independence, new research from the International Monetary Fund posits.

Independence - in financial, operational and political terms - may thus be challenged just when it is needed most to maintain price stability in the face of growing fiscal problems, a new staff position paper notes.

The research reveals that the most

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