Sentences with phrase «money out of helicopters»

Bernanke has become known for his quote that he would be willing to throw money out of helicopters to keep an economy from falling into deflation; he is also known as an advocate of managing the entire yield curve actively, not just short - term rates as is the traditional domain of central banks.

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Several managers said that deploying helicopter money had a poor track record and would have little or no credibility with financial markets who would just see it as a sign that central banks had run out of ways to stimulate growth.

However, an overwhelming majority of survey respondents who expressed a view - 94 percent - do not expect central banks to deploy «helicopter money» this year, while saying that they seem to be running out of options to stimulate growth.

Governor Haruhiko Kuroda tried to counter the view that the BOJ was running out of options, while dismissing the idea of «helicopter money» - where people are given cash handouts in the hope they will spend it.