Working Paper
The Financial (In)Stability Real Interest Rate, R**
Abstract: We introduce the concept of financial stability real interest rate using a macroeconomic banking model with an occasionally binding financing constraint as in Gertler and Kiyotaki (2010). The financial stability interest rate, r**, is the threshold interest rate that triggers the constraint being binding. Increasing imbalances in the financial sector measured by an increase in leverage are accompanied by a lower threshold that could trigger financial instability events. We also construct a theoretical implied financial condition index and show how it is related to the gap between the natural and financial stability interest rates.
Keywords: r**; Financial crises; Financial stability; Occasionally binding credit constraint;
JEL Classification: E40; E50; G00;
https://doi.org/10.17016/IFDP.2021.1308
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Bibliographic Information
Provider: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.)
Part of Series: International Finance Discussion Papers
Publication Date: 2021-01-29
Number: 1308