Slow growth need not be the ‘new normal’ – Richmond Fed paper

Authors give reasons for optimism about the future of US economic growth

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Economists at the Richmond Fed are upbeat about the US economy's prospects

The US is not necessarily doomed to accept a "new normal" of growth at 1.5–2.0% – well below historical averages – according to economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.

An article published as part of the reserve bank's annual report says some factors behind long-run growth are largely out of policy-makers' hands – such as the birth rate – but other factors may be more easily controlled.

Authors Aaron Steelman and John Weinberg focus on methods of improving technological growth as the

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