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This paper formalizes and quantifies the secular stagnation hypothesis, defined as a persistently low or negative natural rate of interest leading to a chronically binding zero lower bound (ZLB). Output-inflation dynamics and policy prescriptions are fundamentally different from those in the standard New Keynesian framework. Using a 56-period quantitative life cycle model, a standard calibration to US data delivers a natural rate ranging from − 1.5 percent to − 2 percent, implying an elevated risk of ZLB episodes for the foreseeable future. We decompose the contribution of demographic and technological factors to the decline in interest rates since 1970 and quantify changes required to restore higher rates. (JEL E12, E23, E31, E32, E43, E52)
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Gauti B. Eggertsson
Neil Mehrotra
Jacob A. Robbins
American Economic Journal Macroeconomics
Brown University
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www.synapsesocial.com/papers/6a109ee0d13714ec9600289f — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1257/mac.20170367
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