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The Secular Decline of Forecasted Interest Rates

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  • Jean-Sébastien Fontaine
  • Bruno Feunou

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Canadian interest rates show a secular decline since the 1980s. Long-term survey-based forecasts of interest rates also declined, but less so and were more gradual. Our model-based estimates show an endpoint shifting over time in three phases: a decline between 1990 and 1995, a period of stability between 1996 and 2007, and a further decline since 2008. The current endpoint estimate remains clouded with uncertainty; this is an active area of research.

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  • Jean-Sébastien Fontaine & Bruno Feunou, 2019. "The Secular Decline of Forecasted Interest Rates," Staff Analytical Notes 2019-1, Bank of Canada.
    • Handle: RePEc:bca:bocsan:19-1
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    Keywords

    Financial markets; Interest rates;

    JEL classification:

    • E43 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects
    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates

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