We explore the structural drivers of bank and nonbank credit cycles using an estimated medium-scale macro model that … allows for bank and nonbank financial intermediation. We posit economy-wide aggregate and sectoral disturbances to … potentially drive bank and nonbank credit growth. We find that sectoral shocks affecting the balance sheets of entrepreneurs who …

Business cycles imply liquidity risks for banks. This paper explores how these risks influence bank lending over the … cycle. With forward-looking banks, lending cycles, credit booms and busts, or suppressed and highly fragile bank systems can … unpleasant effects on bank lending. Imposing countercyclical capital adequacy ratio may amplify procyclicality or result in …