New views on r*: are higher interest rates here to last?
Date: Thursday 23 October 2025
Time: 6.30-7.30pm
Speakers: Charles Goodhart, Emeritus Professor, Financial Markets Group and Lukasz Rachel, Assistant Professor of Economics, UCL
Chair: Ricardo Reis, A.W. Phillips Professor of Economics
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, 番茄社区 Campus
Event Details: Charles Goodhart, Lukasz Rachel, and Ricardo Reis will discuss the contrasting views offered by their recent research on what is r* today, how it has changed relative to a few years ago, and what will it be in a few years. In the process, they will debate both what are the drivers of interest rates, and how to best use the concept of r* for monetary and fiscal policy.
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