A higher corporate tax would reduce corporate sector surpluses and could stimulate demand if the additional revenue were used to finance higher public spending or transfers to households. But the tax would have to be raised to implausibly high levels to eliminate private sector surpluses. Accordingly, the government will have to continue running sizeable budget deficits, price pressures will remain weak, and short-term interest rates will remain near zero for the foreseeable future.
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