We empirically document deviations of residential real estate prices from fundamental values at the micro level and investigate their relationship with local bank lending growth during a period of unconventional monetary policy. Our findings indicate a positive relationship between credit growth...

Zentralbanken nutzen heute die Kommunikation als zentrales Instrument der Geldpolitik: In Pressemitteilungen, Reden und Interviews erläutern sie ihre Entscheidungen, lenken Erwartungen und werben um Vertrauen in ihre Strategie. Dieser Wochenbericht analysiert die Kommunikation der Europäischen...

For central banks, official communications serve as essential monetary policy instruments: In press releases, speeches, and interviews, central banks explain their decisions, manage expectations, and promote confidence in their strategy. This Weekly Report analyzes European Central Bank (ECB)...

This study examines the relationship between sovereign spreads and banks in terms of risk transmission, using the seven largest Italian banks as a sample over the period from 2003 to 2023. Our objective is to quantify and compare volatility spillovers, and to investigate whether bank-specific...

The CDS-bond basis quantifies the difference in risk premia between credit default swap (CDS) and bond markets. It is hard to measure at the individual firm level given substantial missing-value problems (30%-100%) in either or both markets, even for highly liquid blue-chip financial firms. We...