Inequality and the Zero Lower Bound

Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde, Joël Marbet, Galo Nuño Barrau and Omar Rachedi

No 31282, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: This paper studies how household inequality shapes the effects of the zero lower bound (ZLB) on nominal interest rates on aggregate dynamics. To do so, we consider a heterogeneous agent New Keynesian (HANK) model with an occasionally binding ZLB and solve for its fully non-linear stochastic equilibrium using a novel neural network algorithm. In this setting, changes in the monetary policy stance influence households' precautionary savings by altering the frequency of ZLB events. As a result, the model features monetary policy non-neutrality in the long run. The degree of long-run non-neutrality, i.e., by how much monetary policy shifts real rates in the ergodic distribution of the model, can be substantial when we combine low inflation targets and high levels of wealth inequality.

JEL-codes: D31 E12 E21 E31 E43 E52 E58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-05
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Published as Jesús Fernández-Villaverde & Joël Marbet & Galo Nuño & Omar Rachedi, 2024. "Inequality and the zero lower bound," Journal of Econometrics, .

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