We find that capital renting makes up one-fifth of US capital expenditures, and it increases during downturns. Further, we present cross-country evidence that output losses after financial crises are smaller where renting is more prevalent. To understand these findings, we build a general...

UK time-series data are used to document that the ratio of inflation-linked debt to total public debt (“linker share”) is procyclical. The business cycle properties of the linker share indicate a positive relationship with inflation, even after controlling for breakeven inflation. This can...