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Interest rates likely to return towards pre-pandemic levels when inflation is tamed

Since the 1980s, real interest rates across most advanced economies have been steadily declining.

Since the 1980s, real interest rates across most advanced economies have been steadily declining. Image: Unsplash/Engin Akyurt

Jean-Marc Natal
Deputy Chief in the World Economic Studies Division, IMF’s Research Department
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Historically declining interest rates in advanced and emerging economies
Interest rates have been in steady decline in advanced and emerging economies. Image: IMF

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Various possible outlooks for interest rates in the future. Image: IMF
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