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Olivier Blanchard

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Economist; former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund.

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  1. 6 Nov 2023 · held 5 years

    no longer holds

    Held this When safe interest rates are expected to remain below growth rates for a long time, rolling over public debt without later tax increases is feasible and public debt may carry no fiscal cost.

    Then said Across advanced economies, the celebrated ( r - g ), i.e., the difference between the interest rate and the growth rate, appears to have durably changed sign or, at a minimum, to have gone from a substantially negative number to a number closer to zero.

    ↗If markets are right about long real rates, public debt ratios will increase for some timepiie.com

    public debt