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BLOGS. August 26, 2022

Challenges of Non-Maturing Deposit Modeling Amid a Global Saving Glut

In the last decade, the world economy faced a global saving glut problem, in which economic agents keep saving even in negative real rates. This situation leads to excess demand for safe assets (US Treasuries), lowering bond yields, and peaking equity valuations. The 2008 financial crisis and the Great Recession reinforced the rise in global savings, though incremental accumulation has been concentrated in Europe, the U.S. and other advanced economies.