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• Complementarities Between Fiscal Policy and Monetary Policy—Literature Review

  Staff Discussion Paper 2021-4 Wei Dong, Geoffrey R. Dunbar, Christian Friedrich, Dmitry Matveev, Romanos Priftis, Lin Shao

  This paper surveys and summarizes the literature on how fiscal policy and monetary policy can complement each other in stabilizing economic activity.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers Topic(s): Fiscal policy, Monetary policy JEL Code(s): E, E5, E52, E58, E6, E62, E63

• Allocative Efficiency and Aggregate Productivity Growth in Canada and the United States

  Staff Working Paper 2021-1 Lin Shao, Rongsheng Tang

  The lack of improvement in allocative efficiency plays a quantitatively important role in the productivity slowdown in the United States and the widening Canada–US productivity gap.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers Topic(s): Economic models, Productivity JEL Code(s): C, C6, C67, D, D4, D5, D57, E, E2, E23