• Groupama Asset Management flagged demographics as a structural cap on equilibrium interest rates, despite rising global investment financing needs.
• Population aging boosted global savings relative to investment, pushing real rates down by an estimated 1-4 percentage points in past studies.
• Research challenged “great demographic reversal” fears, citing evidence that retirees typically do not draw down savings or liquidate assets quickly.
• It expects accelerating aging in developed markets and parts of emerging economies to keep global savings abundant, limiting any rate upshift.
• Emerging-market savings could continue flowing into developed financial markets, even if trade globalization slows while financial integration persists.

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