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This short article suggests how monetary policies alone cannot push up prices and end deflation. He suggests that this is as "the deflationary mindset that has beset Japan for such a long time won't change suddenly."

REUTERS/Jason Reed TOKYO (Reuters) - Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday that monetary easing alone is not enough to end deflation and push up prices. "The deflationary mindset that has beset Japan for such a long time won't change suddenly. But we've seen some changes in the past two years, which is significant," Aso told parliament.

The German finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble talks about expansionary monetary and dept financed fiscal policy not being the answer to economic growth.

This article discusses what the German Finance Minister talked about, which is that he warns Germany about their Fiscal policy, as their policy seems to be causing instability in the German economy. Therefore, continuing with the current fiscal policy would result in up and down cycles repeatedly.

This article talks about Britain and how unstable the economy there actually is in the current times.

"Central banks have been forced onto a policy path that is far from ideal - not least because they increasingly risk inciting some of the zero-sum elements of an undeclared currency war...." The article talks about how the divergence of monetray politics in three biggest economies (eurozone, japan and US) and unpredictable monetary policy central banks are pursuing affects economic growth.

This article is an opinion blog and discusses monetary and fiscal policies, the business cycle and the keynesian / new classical perspectives.

This article discusses how monetary and fiscal policy should be used to solve problems of recession and depression in economies.