Replication data for: The Natural Rate of Interest and Its Usefulness for Monetary Policy
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Robert Barsky; Alejandro Justiniano; Leonardo Melosi
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Project Citation:
Barsky, Robert, Justiniano, Alejandro, and Melosi, Leonardo. Replication data for: The Natural Rate of Interest and Its Usefulness for Monetary Policy. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2014. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112800V1
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Summary:
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We estimate a state-of-the-art DSGE model to study the natural rate of interest in the United States over the last 20 years. The natural rate is highly procyclical, and fell substantially below zero in each of the last three recessions. Although the drop was of comparable magnitude across the three recessions, the decline was considerably more persistent in the Great Recession. We discuss the usefulness and limitations, particularly due to the zero lower bound, of the natural rate for the conduct of monetary policy.
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E12 General Aggregative Models: Keynes; Keynesian; Post-Keynesian; Modern Monetary Theory
E21 Macroeconomics: Consumption; Saving; Wealth
E22 Investment; Capital; Intangible Capital; Capacity
E31 Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
E32 Business Fluctuations; Cycles
E43 Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects
E52 Monetary Policy
E12 General Aggregative Models: Keynes; Keynesian; Post-Keynesian; Modern Monetary Theory
E21 Macroeconomics: Consumption; Saving; Wealth
E22 Investment; Capital; Intangible Capital; Capacity
E31 Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
E32 Business Fluctuations; Cycles
E43 Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects
E52 Monetary Policy
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