What Happens if Central Banks Misdiagnose a Slowdown in Potential Output /

In the last few decades, real GDP growth and investment in advanced countries have declined in tandem. This slowdown was not the result of weak demand (there has been no shift along the Okun curve), but of a decline in potential output growth (which has shifted the Okun curve to the left). We analyz...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bakker, Bas
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/208
Online Access:Full text available on IMF