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Personal retirement savings, another pillar of the US retirement system, are woefully inadequate for most households, partly because the decades-long
stagnation
in median wages has made it difficult to save.
Egypt’s political
stagnation
has reduced its regional influence.
Even after a quarter-century of stagnation, Japan remains the world’s third-largest single economy.
Secular
stagnation
threatens the West, accompanied by rising protectionism sentiment.
The economist Larry Summers has reintroduced the term “secular stagnation” to describe what awaits us.
Developed countries’ strong postwar investment performance dispelled fear of secular
stagnation.
But it does seem to me that contemporary apostles of secular
stagnation
like Summers and Paul Krugman at least ought to be taking the shale-energy revolution into account.
This suggests that the age-old combination of economic
stagnation
and cultural stability that I call the "Hindu Equilibrium" seems finally to have been broken.
Over this entire 45-year sub-period, output grew at just above 1% annually--the same rate as under the Raj--but yearly population growth soared to 0.8%, causing virtual
stagnation
of per capita income.
So bright is Tokyo’s gleam – which is sure to impress visitors at the 2020 Olympic Games – that the city might seem like an anomaly, given gloomy reports that, after decades of stagnation, Japan’s GDP growth remains anemic.
But now “secular stagnation” – the concept du jour in US policy debates since former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers argued last November that the US (and perhaps other advanced economies) has entered a long period of anemic GDP growth – may also be coming to Latin America.
That brings us back to secular
stagnation.
Stagnation
in this context means a growth rate that is too low to ensure convergence toward US living standards within a reasonable period of time.
But a return to
stagnation
is also a possibility – one that can be minimized only if policymakers acknowledge it and begin taking preventive action right away.
But, given that this view is expressed in every deep depression, it appears to be an effect of economic stagnation, rather than a cause of it.
They assume that robust recovery and job creation will emerge simply of their own accord; as a result, rather than enjoying sustainable growth, Europe is heading toward a model for which a new term – “sustainable stagnation” – might be appropriate.
Many commentators even argued that the decade of the “new mediocre” and “secular stagnation” was giving way to a new “goldilocks” phase of steady, stronger growth.
The immediate risk is continuing stagnation, or recession, in Europe.
A European Plan for France and GermanyPARIS – Europe is falling into a
stagnation
trap.
For example, we know that we should lower interest rates and inject liquidity to fight stagnation, and that we should raise policy rates and banks’ cash-reserve ratios to stifle inflation.
Perhaps, but the more likely scenario is continued
stagnation
in the US and Europe and a more accelerated shift in economic power toward Asia.
Krugman repeated this recommendation a few years ago, when he, along with former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers, revived the theory of “secular stagnation.”
In Argentina, President Mauricio Macri’s administration could cut the deficit more aggressively than it has so far, without risking a return to
stagnation.
Within a few years, the Deutschemark’s value had plummeted, leading to hyperinflation and economic
stagnation.
After five years of stagnation, the economy is finally on the move.
This has many wondering whether South Korea is headed for the kind of protracted deflation and
stagnation
that characterized Japan’s so-called “lost decades,” from which it is just beginning to emerge.
Opening Up JapanAfter a dozen years of stagnation, Japan's economy seems to be looking up.
Under non-totalitarian circumstances, the threat of
stagnation
would have generated strong pressure for systemic reform.
Hayashi and Sakakibara – indeed, most Japanese economists – more or less agree on the fundamental reason for such spectacular stagnation: the Japanese have stopped working hard.
More strikingly,
stagnation
has found its promoters in Japan itself.
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