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The neutral interest rate is the Goldilocks setting, the rate that neither heats the economy up nor cools it down. Economists call it r-star, and it is the theoretical level at which monetary policy is neither stimulating growth nor restraining it, leaving the economy running at its sustainable potential with stable inflation. The catch: nobody can observe it directly. It has to be estimated, and the estimates shift over time and disagree with one another, yet it anchors how central banks think about whether policy is loose or tight. Example: A central bank estimates the neutral rate to be around three percent. When it sets its policy rate well above that, this would generally indicate that it is actively restraining the economy to fight inflation; when it cuts back toward three, it is generally easing off the brakes rather than pressing the accelerator. Because the neutral rate can only be estimated, officials argue endlessly about where it actually sits, and therefore how restrictive their current stance really is.
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