The Discounted Euler Equation: A Note
The Discounted Euler Equation: A Note (with Alisdair McKay and Emi Nakamura)
Economica, 84, 820-831, October 2017.
The discounted Euler equation mutes the extent to which far future changes in interest rates affect current output and inflation. At the ZLB, the discounted Euler equation makes ‘deflationary death spirals’ less likely.