Some central banks are beginning to make greater use of “forward guidance” to signal that interest rates will remain low for the foreseeable future. The evidence from Sweden, where the Riksbank has been publishing forecasts for the main policy interest rate for several years, suggests that forward guidance is a useful policy tool. But on its own, it will not transform the economic outlook.
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