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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.

Drawn from what Olivier Blanchard said, then moved away from

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    Olivier Blanchard 6 Nov 2023 · held 5 years

    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

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