The Supply of Safe Assets and Fiscal Policy

Ludger Schuknecht

Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy, 2018, vol. 53, issue 2, 94-100

Abstract: Abstract Beyond fleeting references, there is surprisingly little analysis about the interrelationship between fiscal policy and safe assets. This study analyses this interrelationship and argues that, at a certain point, more public debt will not “buy” more safety: countries face a kind of “safe assets Laffer curve”, with a maximum amount of safe assets at some level of indebtedness. The position and stability of this curve depend on a number of national and international factors, including international risk appetite and the quantitative easing policies implemented by central banks. The study also finds evidence of declining safe assets, as reflected in government debt ratings.

Date: 2018
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