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Saturday, February 24, 2024

The Neutral Rate Debate

What’s the Fed’s ‘Neutral’ Rate and Why Does It Matter?
Related:
 
Are higher interest rates here to stay?
 
Interest rates will have to stay high for years, warns top central bank
Stubborn inflation and global tensions risk keeping monetary policy tighter for longer
 
Why the Era of Historically Low Interest Rates Could Be Over
 
The Era of Easy Money Is Over. That’s a Good Thing.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/12/higher-interest-rates-fed-economy/676282/
The end of artificially cheap money should herald a fairer, more sustainable economy. Americans just have to survive the transition.
 
My take from Nov 2023: 
Back to the future? The new interest rate normal might look a lot like the pre-crash era
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/4299865-back-to-the-future-the-new-interest-rate-normal-might-look-a-lot-like-the-pre-crash-era