Research Catalog

Secular Stagnation: Evidence and Implications for Economic Policy

Title
Secular Stagnation: Evidence and Implications for Economic Policy [electronic resource] / Łukasz Rawdanowicz ... [et al]
Publication
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2014.

Available Online

Full text online available onsite at NYPL

Details

Additional Authors
  • Rawdanowicz, Łukasz.
  • Bouis, Romain.
  • Inaba, Kei-Ichiro.
  • Christensen, Ane.
Description
30 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.
Summary
This paper investigates whether OECD countries are facing secular stagnation. Secular stagnation is defined as a situation when policy interest rates bounded at zero fail to stimulate demand sufficiently, due to low or negative neutral real interest rates and low inflation, and when ensuing prolonged and subdued growth undermines potential growth via labour hysteresis and discouraged investment. Obtaining firm evidence is complicated by considerable uncertainties surrounding estimates of economic slack and its impact on inflation, crisis-related hit to potential output and neutral interest rates. However, signs of secular stagnation are most evident in the euro area, particularly in the vulnerable members, in contrast to the United States and the United Kingdom, where evidence is less firm. Japan is arguably in the advanced stage of secular stagnation that started almost two decades ago. In countries with symptoms of secular stagnation, more monetary and fiscal stimulus should be accompanied by structural reforms to boost potential growth and neutral rates. Evidence on hysteresis effects strengthens the case for accommodative policies. In general, the large uncertainty about the size and persistence of hysteresis and risks associated with certain measures pose policy dilemmas and call for a comprehensive policy response.
Series Statement
OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.1169
Uniform Title
OECD Economics Department Working Papers, no.1169.
Subject
Economics
LCCN
10.1787/5jxvgg6q27vd-en
OCLC
oecd-lib-000973
Title
Secular Stagnation: Evidence and Implications for Economic Policy [electronic resource] / Łukasz Rawdanowicz ... [et al]
Imprint
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2014.
Series
OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.1169
OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.1169.
Connect to:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jxvgg6q27vd-en
Indexed Term
Economics
Added Author
Rawdanowicz, Łukasz.
Bouis, Romain.
Inaba, Kei-Ichiro.
Christensen, Ane.
Other Standard Identifier
10.1787/5jxvgg6q27vd-en doi
View in Legacy Catalog