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The https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_interest_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_interest_rate is defined as the nominal interest rate minus inflation. S
by t_mann 4y ago
The https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_interest_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_interest_rate is defined as the nominal interest rate minus inflation. So with your numbers, nominal rates would have to go a lot higher than you suggest to result in positive real rates.
- slaw 4y ago> Since 2010, the U.S. Treasury has been obtaining negative real interest rates on government debt Wikipedia says we had negative real interest rate since 2010, but it was only -2%, now we have -7% real interest rate.