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What are the long-term real interest rates?

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Values among 41 countries

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Definition:	10 years government bond rates adjusted for inflation
Year:	2019
Unit:	Percent
Direction:	Deviation from optimum
Source 1:	OECD Online Database, IMF World Economic Outlook
Data for:	AUS, CAN, CHL, ISL, ISR, JPN, KOR, MEX, NZL, NOR, CHE, USA
Annotation:	OECD: Dataset: Monthly monetary and financial statistics (MEI), long-term interest rates per annum URL: https://stats.oecd.org/Index… extracted March 2nd, 2020 IMF: Dataset: World Economic Outlook October 2019, Gross domestic product, deflator URL: https://www.imf.org/external… extracted Nov. 29th, 2019
Source 2:	ECB Online Database, IMF World Economic Outlook
Data for:	AUT, BEL, BGR, HRV, CYP, CZE, DNK, FIN, FRA, DEU, GRC, HUN, IRL, ITA, LVA, LTU, LUX, MLT, NLD, POL, PRT, ROU, SVK, SVN, ESP, SWE, GBR
Annotation:	ECB: Dataset: Long-term interest rate statistics URL: http://sdw.ecb.europa.eu/bro… extracted March 2nd, 2020 IMF: Dataset: World Economic Outlook October 2019, Gross domestic product, deflator URL: https://www.imf.org/external… extracted Nov. 29th, 2019
Source 3:	OECD Economic Outlook EO107, IMF World Economic Outlook
Data for:	TUR
Annotation:	OECD: Dataset: Economic Outlook 107 - May 2019, long-term interest rate on government bonds URL: https://stats.oecd.org/Index… extracted June 11th, 2020 IMF: Dataset: World Economic Outlook October 2019, Gross domestic product, deflator URL: https://www.imf.org/external… extracted Nov. 29th, 2019 Data for EST: Dataset: World Bank, World Development Indicators, Real interest rate (%) [FR.INR.RINR] URL: https://databank.worldbank.o… extracted October 19th, 2017

Calculation:	Long-term data series were used to set appropriate minimum and maximum values.
Minimum:	-2.89125
Maximum:	7.65875
/	Optimum/Above IQR boundary value. See FAQ for further information.
Optimum:	0
Distance:	Distance=(absolute value(optimum- value for calculation)-minimum)/ (maximum-minimum)
Score:	Score=10-relative distance*9
Annotat.:	Indicator calculated by Margit Kraus (Calculus Consult)

Top group

Score

Real Interest Rates

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Upper middle group

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Cyprus

7.5

-0.07

Romania

7.5

-0.09

Israel

7.4

0.13

New Zealand

7.4

0.19

Norway

7.4

-0.10

Poland

7.4

-0.19

Spain

7.4

-0.16

Canada

7.2

-0.37

USA

7.2

0.36

Hungary

7.1

-0.52

Portugal

7.1

-0.54

Croatia

7.0

-0.57

Iceland

7.0

0.58

Japan

6.9

-0.80

Belgium

6.8

-0.87

France

6.7

-1.03

6.7

-1.01

Czechia

6.6

-1.09

Ireland

6.6

-1.13

Australia

6.5

-1.20

Italy

6.5

1.17

Chile

6.4

1.36

Malta

6.3

-1.45

Austria

6.2

-1.53

Turkey

6.2

1.52

Greece

6.1

1.70

Denmark

6.0

-1.79

Finland

6.0

-1.79

Lower middle group

Lithuania

5.8

-2.03

Luxembourg

5.8

-2.03

Slovenia

5.8

-2.06

Netherlands

5.8

-2.03

Slovakia

5.6

-2.21

Sweden

5.6

-2.28

Switzerland

5.6

-2.21

Latvia

5.5

-2.37

Estonia

5.4

2.50

Germany

5.4

-2.50

Bulgaria

5.3

-2.58

South Korea

5.3

2.60

Mexico

4.2

3.95

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Bottom group

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