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Credit, Financial Stability, and the Macroeconomy

Taylor, Alan M. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

Since the 2008 global financial crisis, and after decades of relative neglect, the importance of the financial system and its episodic crises as drivers of macroeconomic outcomes has attracted fresh scrutiny from academics, policy makers, and practitioners. Theoretical advances are following a...

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Betting the House

Jordà, Òscar; Schularick, Moritz; Taylor, Alan M. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

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 modern economic history in the advanced economies. We...

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Some Lessons from Six Years of Practical Inflation Targeting

Svensson, Lars E O - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

of flexible inflation targeting (price stability and the highest sustainable employment), including keeping average … inflation over a longer period on target; (2) not adding household debt as a new (intermediate) target variable, in addition to … inflation and unemployment – not “leaning against the wind,” which is counterproductive, but leaving any problems with household …

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Money, Financial Stability and Efficiency

Allen, Franklin; Carletti, Elena; Gale, Douglas M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Most analyses of banking crises assume that banks use real contracts. However, in practice contracts are nominal and this is what is assumed here. We consider a standard banking model with aggregate return risk, aggregate liquidity risk and idiosyncratic liquidity shocks. We show that, with...

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Monetary Policy and Inflation: From Theory to Practice

Viñals, José - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

stability. These questions are: (1) what are the economic costs of inflation? (2) what part does monetary policy play in the … short- and medium-term evolution of inflation? (3) what are the most appropriate monetary policy strategies for fighting … inflation? …

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Monetary Policy Issues in a Low Inflation Environment

Viñals, José - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

stable rates of inflation in many countries. Consequently, the main goal of this Paper is to offer an overview of the main … policy issues arising in a low inflation environment and their practical relevance so as to identify the main challenges … nominal wage or price rigidities? What does the low inflation environment imply about the relative importance and effects of …

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Credit Booms Gone Bust: Monetary Policy, Leverage Cycles and Financial Crises, 1870-2008

Schularick, Moritz; Taylor, Alan M. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

The crisis of the advanced economies in 2008-09 has focused new attention on money and credit fluctuations, financial crises, and policy responses. We study the behavior of money, credit, and macroeconomic indicators over the long run based on a new historical dataset for 14 countries over the...

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The Multi-Regime Bank Lending Channel and the Effectiveness of the Polish Monetary Policy Transmission During Transition

Kierzenkowski, Rafal - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This Paper examines the consequences of interactions between the bank lending channel and the traditional interest rate and exchange rate channels on the effectiveness of the monetary policy transmission in Poland since 1994. First, we develop a small open-economy credit-augmented model. Under...

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Euro-Area and US Banks Behavior, and ECB-Fed Monetary Policies during the Global Financial Crisis: A Comparison

Cukierman, Alex - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

issues in the EA and the US as well as to the higher institutional aversion of the ECB to inflation relatively to that of the …

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Central-banking challenges for the Riksbank: Monetary policy, financial-stability policy and asset management

Svensson, Lars E O - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

objective of stabilising inflation around the inflation target and resource utilisation around a sustainable level, promoting a … challenges are best met by focusing monetary policy exclusively on stabilising inflation around the inflation target and resource …

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