Current and future challenges for monetary policy  3.1  Exit from exceptional policy measures  The challenge facing monetary policymakers now and in the near future is to get the timing and sequencing of the exit from stimulus measures right.
This applies to both the nonstandard measures as well as the monetary policy stance, and therefore, key interest rates, as the two dimensions of the exit. While we are far from declaring the crisis over, it would be unwise to postpone relevant considerations to the end of the crisis.