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Fiscal Sustainability and Low Interest Rates: A Note

In this paper, I demonstrate that an indicator which is commonly used to assess the long-term fiscal sustainability of public finances in EU member states (“S2”) is also defined if government borrowing rates are assumed to be permanently lower than the growth rate of GDP. I illustrate this finding based on simulations prepared for the Fifth Sustainability Report published by the German Federal Ministry of Finance. In addition, I discuss the interpretation of the indicator in a low-interest environment and the assumption that relevant interest rates continue to be low if there are substantial challenges for fiscal sustainability, e.g., through demographic ageing.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 8861

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
National Budget, Deficit, and Debt: General
Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects
Thema
public budget
public debt
fiscal sustainability
interest rates

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Werding, Martin
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute (CESifo)
(wo)
Munich
(wann)
2021

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Werding, Martin
  • Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute (CESifo)

Entstanden

  • 2021

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