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Mervyn King, the governor of the Bank of England, said that the economy should be left alone in order for the "automatic stabilizers to work." He said that the "government's plan to aid home buyers shouldn't become permanent."

The governor of the bank of Thailand, Prasarn Trairatvorakul, has stated in a speech that the bank will pursue supply-side policies in order to fuel additional economic growth. Trairatvorakul believed that the country must dedicate more resources towards upgrading the "engine" of the economy. Somkiat Tangkitvanich, the president of the Thailand Development Research Institute, believes the country must spend more on research in development in order to fuel economic growth,

This article discusses the options that Reserve Bank of India governor Duvvuri Subbarao faces regarding how to handle the current issue of slow economic growth in the country. The author argues that a lack of aggregate demand is not to blame for the economic issues, so attempting to increase demand through lower interest rates, for example, is not the correct way to go about solving the issue. Instead, he points to fundamental issues in the management of the country's economy that have led to an unstable condition.