Although a central bank may be able to temporarily even out weak demand in the short run, it is not able to permanently raise its economy’s longer-term growth trend.
Andreas Dombret: Macroprudential surveillance and statistical challenges Speech by Dr Andreas Dombret, Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank, at the Sixth ECB Statistics Conference, Frankfurt am Main, 17 April 2012. * 1  *  *  Introduction  Ladies and gentlemen Thank you for inviting me to speak to you tonight.