Finance and Economics Discussion Series: The Effect of Deficit-Reduction Laws on Real Interest Rates

This paper uses news reports about two deficit-reduction laws of the past decade to identify days when expected fiscal policy clearly became more or less expansionary. The paper also proposes a technique for identifying whether the real interest rate increased or decreased on those days, based on changes in the nominal interest rate, the exchange rate, commodity prices, and stock prices. As economic theory predicts, higher expected government spending and budget deficits raised real interest rates and the value of the dollar, while lower expected spending and deficits reduced real rates and the value of the dollar.

Author: United States Federal Reserve Board,Douglas W. Elmendorf
Publisher: Bibliogov
Published: 02/06/2013
Pages: 44
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.21lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.09d
ISBN: 9781288722150

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