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Risks from prolonged low interest rates

Geoff Riley

4th November 2016

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Here is an excellent piece from economists at NIESR on some of the macro risks for advanced economies from the long phase of low, and in some cases, negative interest rates.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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