Negative interest rates are an invention of monetary authorities to show that monetary activism does not have boundaries, i.e., as if there is no such thing as a liquidity trap. Their presence in the financial landscape has redefined the benefits to savers and to investors. Governments can now...

Calculations based on the intertemporal government budget constraint can be only indicative regarding an economy's fiscal sustainability. Sovereign interest rates, growth rates, as well as primary fiscal balances are all endogenous variables that are jointly determined. This rationalizes the use...

Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Synopsis of fiscal policy in South Africa: 1994 – 2020 -- Part 1: Government debt -- Chapter 3 Effects of government debt on output, household consumption and gross fixed capital formation: Role of the credit conditions channel -- Chapter 4 Government debt...