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We examine the effects of various borrower-based macroprudential tools in a New Keynesian environment where both real and nominal interest rates are low. Our model features long-term debt, housing transaction costs and a zero-lower bound constraint on policy rates. We find that the long-term...
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At the height of the Great Depression a number of leading U.S. economists advanced a proposal for monetary reform that became known as the Chicago Plan. It envisaged the separation of the monetary and credit functions of the banking system, by requiring 100% reserve backing for deposits. Irving...
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Historically high household debt in several economies is calling for a deleveraging, but according to some economists, this adjustment can slow GDP growth by weighing on consumption. Using a sample of advanced and emerging market economies, this paper finds evidence of a negative relationship...
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We study how financial frictions amplify labor supply shocks in a macroeconomic model with occasionally binding financing constraints. Workers supply labor to entrepreneurs who borrow to purchase factors of production. Borrowing capacity is restricted by the value of capital, generating a...
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In this paper we explore some of the informational problems that constrain the development of credit markets in transition economies. We characterize investment patterns under uncertainty and high costs of entry, when agents learn about the ultimate value of enterprises through production in a...
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borrowing. The subsequent crisis has reduced the pool of assets considered acceptable as collateral, resulting in a liquidity … of excess bank reserves and do more than merely substitute central bank money for collateral that currently remains …
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Large banks and dealers use and reuse collateral pledged by nonbanks, which helps lubricate the global financial system …. The supply of collateral arises from specific investment strategies in the asset management complex, with the primary … been a significant decline in the source collateral for the large dealers that specialize in intermediating pledgeable …
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between capital flows and domestic collateral constraints. The key feature of our theory is the existence of an 'Expansionary …We provide a theory of the limits to monetary policy independence in open economies arising from the interaction …
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An asset bubble relaxes collateral constraints and increases borrowing by credit-constrained agents. At the same time … of a binding collateral constraint. If debt is elevated, policy should lean against the bubble more aggressively to …
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. Two key issues arise with regard to the use of collateral in the context of loan classification and provisioning. In … particular, the questions arise whether collateral should be taken into account in classifying a collateralized loan, and whether … it should be considered in calculating provisions. This paper surveys country practices in the role of collateral in loan …
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