Global trends in interest rates

Marco Del Negro, Domenico Giannone, Marc Giannoni and Andrea Tambalotti

No 866, Staff Reports from Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Abstract: The trend in the world real interest rate for safe and liquid assets fluctuated close to 2 percent for more than a century, but has dropped significantly over the past three decades. This decline has been common among advanced economies, as trends in real interest rates across countries have converged over this period. It was driven by an increase in the convenience yield for safety and liquidity and by lower global economic growth.

Keywords: convenience yields; world interest rate; VAR with common trends; interest rate parity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E43 E44 F31 G12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 67 pages
Date: 2018-09-01
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