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Decomposing the drivers of Global R

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  • Ambrogio Cesa-Bianchi

    (Bank of England)

  • Richard Harrison

    (Bank of England)

  • Rana Sajedi

    (Bank of England)

Abstract

We use a structural overlapping-generations model to quantify the effects of five exogenous forces that drive the global trend equilibrium real interest rate, Global R*. We use data for 31 countries to extract the global trend components of the five drivers and to derive an empirical estimate of Global R*, which we use to calibrate the model. We design a recursive simulation method in which beliefs about the future path of the drivers are updated gradually. In our simulation, Global R* rises from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s, declining steadily thereafter. The decline is driven predominantly by slowing productivity growth and increasing longevity.

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  • Ambrogio Cesa-Bianchi & Richard Harrison & Rana Sajedi, 2022. "Decomposing the drivers of Global R," Bank of England working papers 990, Bank of England.
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    Equilibrium interest rates; structural change; demographics;
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    • E22 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Investment; Capital; Intangible Capital; Capacity
    • E43 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects
    • J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts

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