New Papers
I've been remiss virtually blogging lately piece I finished 2 novel papers, "The Fiscal Roots of Inflation," together with "The Value of Government Debt." I'm posting hither for those who mightiness be interested, together with I appreciate comments.
Both papers apply property pricing variance decompositions to questions of authorities finance together with inflation. The inflation newspaper is part of the long-running financial theory of the cost grade project. (Note: this postal service uses MathJax which may non demo properly on all devices.)
I start yesteryear deriving an analogue to the Campbell-Shiller linearization of the furnish identity:
\[ \beta v_{t+1}=v_{t}+r_{t+1}^{n}-\pi_{t+1}-g_{t+1}-s_{t+1}. \] The log debt to gross domestic product ratio at the halt of catamenia \(t+1\), \(v_{t+1}\), is equal to its value at the halt of catamenia t, \(v_{t}\), increased yesteryear the log nominal furnish on the portfolio of authorities bonds \(r_{t+1}^{n}\) less inflation \(\pi_{t+1}\), less log gross domestic product growth \(g_{t+1}\), together with less the primary surplus \(s_{t+1}\). The "surplus" inward this linearization is the surplus to gross domestic product ratio, divided yesteryear the steady country debt to gross domestic product ratio. It's non a log, so it tin hold out negative. \(\beta = e^{-(r-g)}\) is a discount charge per unit of measurement corresponding to the steady country existent charge per unit of measurement \(r\) less gross domestic product growth charge per unit of measurement \(g\).
Iterating forward, the introduce value identity is \begin{equation} v_{t}=\sum_{j=1}^{\infty}\beta^{j-1}\left[ s_{t+j}-\left( r_{t+j}^{n}-\pi_{t+j}+g_{t+j}\right) \right] .\label{pvsy}% \end{equation} I simplify yesteryear using \(\beta=1\) equally the dot of linearization. 1 vs. 0.99 doesn't construct whatever pregnant divergence for empirical purposes.
Now apply touchstone property pricing ideas. To focus on inflation, inward "Fiscal Roots" I conduct maintain the fourth dimension \(t+1\) conception of the introduce value identity, \(\Delta E_{t+1}\equiv E_{t+1}-E_{t}\). Rearranging, nosotros conduct maintain the unexpected inflation identity, \begin{align} & \Delta E_{t+1}\pi_{t+1}-\Delta E_{t+1}\left( r_{t+1}^{n}-g_{t+1}\right) \label{Epiintro}\\ & =-\sum_{j=0}^{\infty}\Delta E_{t+1}s_{t+1+j}+\sum_{j=1}^{\infty}\Delta E_{t+1}\left( r_{t+1+j}^{n}-\pi_{t+1+j}-g_{t+1+j}\right) .\nonumber \end{align} Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 turn down inward the introduce value of surpluses, coming either from a alter inward expected surpluses or a rising inward their discount rates, must final result inward a lower existent value of the debt. This reduction tin come upwards virtually yesteryear unexpected inflation, or yesteryear a turn down inward nominal long-term bond prices. The value of debt drops out, which is handy together with simplifies matters.
I run a VAR together with calculate the terms on the right, which are but sums of impulse-response functions. If you lot follow property pricing, you lot volition non hold out surprised at the offset principal result: Discount rates affair a lot. Changes inward the introduce value of surpluses are driven inward large part yesteryear changes inward the discount charge per unit of measurement rather than yesteryear changes inward expected surpluses.
I produce this equally part of a plan to apply financial theory ideas to data. It's ever been a challenge to link inflation to movements inward surpluses. It turns out nosotros tin produce so -- futurity surpluses produce affair inward this decomposition. But discount rates affair too, together with empirical piece of work both pro together with con financial theory has largely ignored those.
(Nothing inward this empirical piece of work needs financial theory however. These are identities that concur inward every model inward which the authorities faces a budget constraint. You tin read them equally measures of precisely how "passive" financial policy is achieved, which is of import to closing out conventional models. Footnotes virtually lump-sum taxes are nice, but nosotros don't conduct maintain any. That discount rates displace to construct the introduce value identity concur is intelligence at that topographic point too.)
As the newspaper progressed, I came to appreciate the minute term to a greater extent than together with more. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 depression long-term bond furnish mechanically way higher expected nominal returns, which nosotros tin suspension to expected inflation together with existent returns. With a geometric maturity structure, inward which the aspect upwards value of maturity \(j\) debt declines at charge per unit of measurement \(\omega^{j}\), nosotros tin write some other identity \begin{equation} \Delta E_{t+1}r_{t+1}^{n}=-\sum_{j=1}^{\infty}\omega^{j}\Delta E_{t+1}\left[ (r_{t+1+j}^{n}-\pi_{t+1+j})+\pi_{t+1+j}\right] . \label{geomrn} \end{equation} It turns out that expected inflation dominates. So, a financial stupor (lower surpluses, higher discount rates) tin hold out met yesteryear a rising inward expected inflation, which devalues long term bonds, rather than precisely yesteryear a abrupt cost grade saltation which devalues curt term bonds. This allows us to cry back virtually the financial underpinnings of episodes of steady inflation, similar the 1970s. This machinery also dominates equally the fourth dimension intervals shrinks. In 1 version of a continuous fourth dimension model at that topographic point are no cost grade jumps, all debt is long term debt, together with all devaluation comes from expected inflation. This also allows us to conduct maintain a model inward which the key depository financial establishment is soundless vital for agreement inflation dynamics. In typical active-fiscal. models the key bank, yesteryear setting involvement rates, tin prepare the path of expected inflation, but non unexpected inflation. Now, setting the path of expected inflation has a large touching on on unexpected inflation. The Fed chooses whether to smoothen inflation over fourth dimension or endure a quick bout of unexpected inflation.
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 peek at some results: I usage the swell marketplace value of debt information from Hall together with Sargent. I ran a VAR. Here is the response business office to an unexpected 1% inflation. I allow all the other variables displace contemporaneously. Inflation is non a "shock," it responds to changes inward expectations of all the other variables, together with the "responses" are the changes inward expectations that fit to (cause inward the financial theory view) the inflation shock.
In terms of the inflation decomposition, the 1% unexpected inflation does fit to deficits. But those deficits plough roughly to eventual surpluses, together with the total of all surpluses is essentially zero. "r-g" is the full discount charge per unit of measurement term, nominal return, less inflation, less growth. The cumulative discount charge per unit of measurement term is 1.17 -- accounting for all the inflation together with more. In sum, then, the 1% inflation stupor corresponds to a 1.17% rising inward discount rate, a 0.06% turn down inward surpluses. That's also much turn down inward introduce value of the debt, so nosotros come across a 0.23% turn down inward electrical flow bond value, the \(r^n-g\) response in the graph together with the offset term of the decomposition. That turns out largely to come upwards from expected inflation. The rising inward expected inflation -- the deadening AR(1) response inward the graph causes expected futurity involvement rates to rise, together with hence pushes downwards the bond cost immediately.
One more. These inflation shocks are, on average, stagflationary. They come upwards amongst a turn down in GDP, which you lot tin come across inward the higher upwards graph yesteryear the turn down inward surplus, which is pro cyclical. The average Phillips Curve is upward sloping, to a greater extent than inflation amongst to a greater extent than unemployment, inward the postwar period. I wanted to empathize a recession-related disinflation similar 2008. Every fourth dimension I give a financial theory seminar, the enquiry comes up: What virtually 2008? The economic scheme tanks, inflation goes way down, but at that topographic point are huge deficits. Shouldn't that hateful to a greater extent than inflation, non less? Well, non necessarily. Inflation responds to the present value of all futurity surpluses. It's unlikely at that topographic point was skillful surplus intelligence inward 2008, but involvement rates declined sharply. So the introduce value of surpluses could rise, causing disinflation, fifty-fifty if surpluses themselves produce not.
Is that true? To honour out, I defined a "recession shock" equally a 1% turn down inward inflation accompanied yesteryear a 1% turn down inward GDP. Here are the responses:
Surpluses become downwards -- at that topographic point are large together with persistent deficits inward a recession. Surpluses so plough positive, together with produce pay off some of the accumulated debt. But non plenty -- for futurity surpluses to trace of piece of work organisation human relationship for 1% disinflation, nosotros should come across a +1% rising inward cumulative surpluses, together with it's -1.15%. Given surpluses alone, yes, at that topographic point should hold out 1.15% inflation inward this recession. But involvement rates autumn sharply, so afterward 1 period, \(r-g\) falls. The cumulative discount charge per unit of measurement consequence raises the introduce value of debt yesteryear 4.34%! There should at nowadays hold out 4.34-1.15 = 3.19% deflation! Where does the extra go? Well, the fall inward rates way at that topographic point is a 1 catamenia rising inward bond prices, so the \(r^n-g\) term is large. And inward plough that reflects the very persistent depression inflation.
There's much to a greater extent than inward the paper, including detailed analysis of these, together with monetary and financial policy shocks. Section 2.3 lays out a "fiscal theory of monetary policy" model that I promise volition be especially useful. It aspires to hold out a counterpart to the touchstone iii equation novel Keynesian model. It includes surpluses that appear to reply to values of the debt, putting to remainder many criticisms that such responses betoken passive policy, which they do not.
"Value of debt" I applies the touchstone price-dividend ratio volatility decompositions. (If you're non familiar amongst those, "Discount Rates" has a summary.) Multiply yesteryear \({v}_{t}-E({v}_{t})\) together with conduct maintain expectations, giving \[ var\left( {v}_{t}\right) =\sum_{j=1}^{\infty}cov({v}_{t}% ,{s}_{t+j})-\sum_{j=1}^{\infty}cov\left[ {v}_{t},\left( {r}_{t+j}^{n}-{\pi}_{t+j}-{g}_{t+j}\right) \right] . \] Dividing yesteryear \(var\left( {v}_{t}\right)\), nosotros tin limited the final result equally fractions of variance of the debt to gross domestic product ratio due to each component. I guess them via a VAR. Discount rates affair hither too.
Both papers apply property pricing variance decompositions to questions of authorities finance together with inflation. The inflation newspaper is part of the long-running financial theory of the cost grade project. (Note: this postal service uses MathJax which may non demo properly on all devices.)
I start yesteryear deriving an analogue to the Campbell-Shiller linearization of the furnish identity:
\[ \beta v_{t+1}=v_{t}+r_{t+1}^{n}-\pi_{t+1}-g_{t+1}-s_{t+1}. \] The log debt to gross domestic product ratio at the halt of catamenia \(t+1\), \(v_{t+1}\), is equal to its value at the halt of catamenia t, \(v_{t}\), increased yesteryear the log nominal furnish on the portfolio of authorities bonds \(r_{t+1}^{n}\) less inflation \(\pi_{t+1}\), less log gross domestic product growth \(g_{t+1}\), together with less the primary surplus \(s_{t+1}\). The "surplus" inward this linearization is the surplus to gross domestic product ratio, divided yesteryear the steady country debt to gross domestic product ratio. It's non a log, so it tin hold out negative. \(\beta = e^{-(r-g)}\) is a discount charge per unit of measurement corresponding to the steady country existent charge per unit of measurement \(r\) less gross domestic product growth charge per unit of measurement \(g\).
Iterating forward, the introduce value identity is \begin{equation} v_{t}=\sum_{j=1}^{\infty}\beta^{j-1}\left[ s_{t+j}-\left( r_{t+j}^{n}-\pi_{t+j}+g_{t+j}\right) \right] .\label{pvsy}% \end{equation} I simplify yesteryear using \(\beta=1\) equally the dot of linearization. 1 vs. 0.99 doesn't construct whatever pregnant divergence for empirical purposes.
Now apply touchstone property pricing ideas. To focus on inflation, inward "Fiscal Roots" I conduct maintain the fourth dimension \(t+1\) conception of the introduce value identity, \(\Delta E_{t+1}\equiv E_{t+1}-E_{t}\). Rearranging, nosotros conduct maintain the unexpected inflation identity, \begin{align} & \Delta E_{t+1}\pi_{t+1}-\Delta E_{t+1}\left( r_{t+1}^{n}-g_{t+1}\right) \label{Epiintro}\\ & =-\sum_{j=0}^{\infty}\Delta E_{t+1}s_{t+1+j}+\sum_{j=1}^{\infty}\Delta E_{t+1}\left( r_{t+1+j}^{n}-\pi_{t+1+j}-g_{t+1+j}\right) .\nonumber \end{align} Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 turn down inward the introduce value of surpluses, coming either from a alter inward expected surpluses or a rising inward their discount rates, must final result inward a lower existent value of the debt. This reduction tin come upwards virtually yesteryear unexpected inflation, or yesteryear a turn down inward nominal long-term bond prices. The value of debt drops out, which is handy together with simplifies matters.
I run a VAR together with calculate the terms on the right, which are but sums of impulse-response functions. If you lot follow property pricing, you lot volition non hold out surprised at the offset principal result: Discount rates affair a lot. Changes inward the introduce value of surpluses are driven inward large part yesteryear changes inward the discount charge per unit of measurement rather than yesteryear changes inward expected surpluses.
I produce this equally part of a plan to apply financial theory ideas to data. It's ever been a challenge to link inflation to movements inward surpluses. It turns out nosotros tin produce so -- futurity surpluses produce affair inward this decomposition. But discount rates affair too, together with empirical piece of work both pro together with con financial theory has largely ignored those.
(Nothing inward this empirical piece of work needs financial theory however. These are identities that concur inward every model inward which the authorities faces a budget constraint. You tin read them equally measures of precisely how "passive" financial policy is achieved, which is of import to closing out conventional models. Footnotes virtually lump-sum taxes are nice, but nosotros don't conduct maintain any. That discount rates displace to construct the introduce value identity concur is intelligence at that topographic point too.)
As the newspaper progressed, I came to appreciate the minute term to a greater extent than together with more. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 depression long-term bond furnish mechanically way higher expected nominal returns, which nosotros tin suspension to expected inflation together with existent returns. With a geometric maturity structure, inward which the aspect upwards value of maturity \(j\) debt declines at charge per unit of measurement \(\omega^{j}\), nosotros tin write some other identity \begin{equation} \Delta E_{t+1}r_{t+1}^{n}=-\sum_{j=1}^{\infty}\omega^{j}\Delta E_{t+1}\left[ (r_{t+1+j}^{n}-\pi_{t+1+j})+\pi_{t+1+j}\right] . \label{geomrn} \end{equation} It turns out that expected inflation dominates. So, a financial stupor (lower surpluses, higher discount rates) tin hold out met yesteryear a rising inward expected inflation, which devalues long term bonds, rather than precisely yesteryear a abrupt cost grade saltation which devalues curt term bonds. This allows us to cry back virtually the financial underpinnings of episodes of steady inflation, similar the 1970s. This machinery also dominates equally the fourth dimension intervals shrinks. In 1 version of a continuous fourth dimension model at that topographic point are no cost grade jumps, all debt is long term debt, together with all devaluation comes from expected inflation. This also allows us to conduct maintain a model inward which the key depository financial establishment is soundless vital for agreement inflation dynamics. In typical active-fiscal. models the key bank, yesteryear setting involvement rates, tin prepare the path of expected inflation, but non unexpected inflation. Now, setting the path of expected inflation has a large touching on on unexpected inflation. The Fed chooses whether to smoothen inflation over fourth dimension or endure a quick bout of unexpected inflation.
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 peek at some results: I usage the swell marketplace value of debt information from Hall together with Sargent. I ran a VAR. Here is the response business office to an unexpected 1% inflation. I allow all the other variables displace contemporaneously. Inflation is non a "shock," it responds to changes inward expectations of all the other variables, together with the "responses" are the changes inward expectations that fit to (cause inward the financial theory view) the inflation shock.
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| Response to 1% unexpected inflation |
In terms of the inflation decomposition, the 1% unexpected inflation does fit to deficits. But those deficits plough roughly to eventual surpluses, together with the total of all surpluses is essentially zero. "r-g" is the full discount charge per unit of measurement term, nominal return, less inflation, less growth. The cumulative discount charge per unit of measurement term is 1.17 -- accounting for all the inflation together with more. In sum, then, the 1% inflation stupor corresponds to a 1.17% rising inward discount rate, a 0.06% turn down inward surpluses. That's also much turn down inward introduce value of the debt, so nosotros come across a 0.23% turn down inward electrical flow bond value, the \(r^n-g\) response in the graph together with the offset term of the decomposition. That turns out largely to come upwards from expected inflation. The rising inward expected inflation -- the deadening AR(1) response inward the graph causes expected futurity involvement rates to rise, together with hence pushes downwards the bond cost immediately.
One more. These inflation shocks are, on average, stagflationary. They come upwards amongst a turn down in GDP, which you lot tin come across inward the higher upwards graph yesteryear the turn down inward surplus, which is pro cyclical. The average Phillips Curve is upward sloping, to a greater extent than inflation amongst to a greater extent than unemployment, inward the postwar period. I wanted to empathize a recession-related disinflation similar 2008. Every fourth dimension I give a financial theory seminar, the enquiry comes up: What virtually 2008? The economic scheme tanks, inflation goes way down, but at that topographic point are huge deficits. Shouldn't that hateful to a greater extent than inflation, non less? Well, non necessarily. Inflation responds to the present value of all futurity surpluses. It's unlikely at that topographic point was skillful surplus intelligence inward 2008, but involvement rates declined sharply. So the introduce value of surpluses could rise, causing disinflation, fifty-fifty if surpluses themselves produce not.
Is that true? To honour out, I defined a "recession shock" equally a 1% turn down inward inflation accompanied yesteryear a 1% turn down inward GDP. Here are the responses:
Surpluses become downwards -- at that topographic point are large together with persistent deficits inward a recession. Surpluses so plough positive, together with produce pay off some of the accumulated debt. But non plenty -- for futurity surpluses to trace of piece of work organisation human relationship for 1% disinflation, nosotros should come across a +1% rising inward cumulative surpluses, together with it's -1.15%. Given surpluses alone, yes, at that topographic point should hold out 1.15% inflation inward this recession. But involvement rates autumn sharply, so afterward 1 period, \(r-g\) falls. The cumulative discount charge per unit of measurement consequence raises the introduce value of debt yesteryear 4.34%! There should at nowadays hold out 4.34-1.15 = 3.19% deflation! Where does the extra go? Well, the fall inward rates way at that topographic point is a 1 catamenia rising inward bond prices, so the \(r^n-g\) term is large. And inward plough that reflects the very persistent depression inflation.
There's much to a greater extent than inward the paper, including detailed analysis of these, together with monetary and financial policy shocks. Section 2.3 lays out a "fiscal theory of monetary policy" model that I promise volition be especially useful. It aspires to hold out a counterpart to the touchstone iii equation novel Keynesian model. It includes surpluses that appear to reply to values of the debt, putting to remainder many criticisms that such responses betoken passive policy, which they do not.
"Value of debt" I applies the touchstone price-dividend ratio volatility decompositions. (If you're non familiar amongst those, "Discount Rates" has a summary.) Multiply yesteryear \({v}_{t}-E({v}_{t})\) together with conduct maintain expectations, giving \[ var\left( {v}_{t}\right) =\sum_{j=1}^{\infty}cov({v}_{t}% ,{s}_{t+j})-\sum_{j=1}^{\infty}cov\left[ {v}_{t},\left( {r}_{t+j}^{n}-{\pi}_{t+j}-{g}_{t+j}\right) \right] . \] Dividing yesteryear \(var\left( {v}_{t}\right)\), nosotros tin limited the final result equally fractions of variance of the debt to gross domestic product ratio due to each component. I guess them via a VAR. Discount rates affair hither too.
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