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The Financial (In)Stability Real Interest Rate, R*

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  • Benigno, Gianluca
  • Akinci, Ozge
  • Del Negro, Marco
  • Queralto, Albert

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We introduce the concept of financial stability real interest rate using a macroeconomic banking model with an occasionally binding financing constraint as in Gertler and Kiyotaki (2010). The financial stability interest rate, r**, is the threshold interest rate that triggers the constraint being binding. Increasing imbalances in the financial sector measured by an increase in leverage are accompanied by a lower threshold that could trigger financial instability events. We also construct a theoretical implied financial condition index and show how it is related to the gap between the natural and financial stability interest rates.

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  • Benigno, Gianluca & Akinci, Ozge & Del Negro, Marco & Queralto, Albert, 2020. "The Financial (In)Stability Real Interest Rate, R*," CEPR Discussion Papers 15436, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:15436
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    Keywords

    R**; Financial crises; Occasionally binding credit constraint; Financial amplification;
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    • G01 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Financial Crises
    • F3 - International Economics - - International Finance
    • E41 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Demand for Money

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