Is there an easy cure for low growth?

John Fernald ()

Business Economics, 2017, vol. 52, issue 3, No 9, 175-180

Abstract: Abstract The U.S. economy faces sizeable headwinds to keeping GDP growth even at 2% over the next decade. Demographics imply that labor force growth will be much slower than historical norms. The enormous twentieth century increase in average educational attainment is unlikely to be repeated. And the best guess for productivity growth is that it will continue to be modest—perhaps along the lines seen in the 1970s to early 1990s, or since 2004. There are no easy cures for low growth. We can hope for another wave of broadbased IT-linked innovation. But while there is enormous uncertainty, even worthwhile policy steps are unlikely to move the dial very much on their own.

Keywords: Productivity; Potential growth; Economic policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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