The evolution of the natural rate of interest: evidence from the Scandinavian countries-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The evolution of the natural rate of interest: evidence from the Scandinavian countries

Published:2023-11-09 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:0377-7332
Container-title:Empirical Economics
language:en
Short-container-title:Empir Econ

Author:

Armelius Hanna,Solberger Martin,Spånberg Erik,Österholm Pär^ORCID

Abstract

AbstractIn this paper, the natural rate of interest in Denmark, Norway and Sweden is estimated. This is done by augmenting the Laubach and Williams (Rev Econ Stat 85:1063–1070, 2003) framework with a dynamic factor model linked to economic indicators––a modelling choice which allows us to better identify business cycle fluctuations. We estimate the model using Bayesian methods on data ranging from 1990Q1 to 2022Q4. The results indicate that the natural rate has declined substantially and in all countries is at a low level at the end of the sample.

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Economics and Econometrics,Social Sciences (miscellaneous),Mathematics (miscellaneous),Statistics and Probability

Link

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00181-023-02503-w.pdf

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