We explore the structural drivers of bank and nonbank credit cycles using an estimated medium-scale macro model that … potentially drive bank and nonbank credit growth. We find that sectoral shocks affecting the balance sheets of entrepreneurs who … borrow from the financial sector are important for the business cycle frequency fluctuations in bank and nonbank credit …

This paper explores the long-run effects of inflation on the dynamics of private sector bank credit and economic growth … private sector bank credit in the economy exerts a positive impact on real GDP. In addition, inflation rates have contributed … increase in inflation is associated with a 0.07 % fall in long-run real rate of output through its effect on bank credit to the …

This paper investigates the housing and mortgage markets by means of an agent-based macroeconomic model of a credit … households’ creditworthiness conditions required by banks in order to grant a mortgage. Results show that easier access to credit …

behavior following monetary policy shocks. In a first step, we show that the sensitivity of bank profits to interest rates … income gap also predicts the sensitivity of bank lending to interest rates, both for commercial & industrial loans and for … mortgages. Quantitatively, a 100 basis point increase in the Fed funds rate leads a bank at the 75th percentile of the income …

. Although global bank lending is often reported to amplify the international credit cycle, we show that foreign banking acted as … credit market and in funding markets. The reduction in the supply of credit by Eurozone banks caused riskier borrowers to … a shock absorber that weathered the real consequences of the credit crunch in Europe …

Is there a link between loose monetary conditions, credit growth, house price booms, and financial instability? This … paper analyzes the role of interest rates and credit in driving house price booms and busts with data spanning 140 years of …

Bank branch density, defined as the number of bank branches to total deposits, has significantly declined over the past …