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The fall in risk free interest rates since the 1980s has mostly been described as being induced by factors that push down interest rates from the demand side. This paper contributes to the literature by adding a view of the supply side, namely that interest has to be earned first, before it can...
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inflation and interest rates. We study a stylized New Keynesian model where the policy instrument is subject to a lower bound to … interest rates and inflation to study whether the decrease in the natural rate of interest leads to forecast densities … bound has a sizable effect on the distribution of future interest rates, its impact on forecast densities for inflation is …
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This paper analyzes the effects of the lower bound for interest rates on the distributions of inflation and interest … and inflation to study whether the decrease in the natural real rate of interest leads to forecast densities consistent … a sizable effect on the distribution of future interest rates, its impact on forecast densities for inflation is …
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The paper considers three methods for eliminating the zero lower bound on nominal interest rates and thus for restoring symmetry to domain over which the central bank can vary its policy rate. They are: (1) abolishing currency (which would also be a useful crime-fighting measure); (2) paying...
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