We analyze the international transmission of interest rates under pegged and non-pegged exchange rate regimes, demonstrating that transmission depends upon the informational properties of a base country’s interest rate change. We differentiate between interest rate movements which are...

A failure to identify movements in the federal funds rate that are both unpredictable and independent of other determinants of open economy variables may lead to attenuation bias in the estimated effects of U.S. monetary policy on the exchange rate and foreign variables. Using a U.S. monetary...

Boschen and Weise (Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, 2003) model the probability of a large upturn in inflation in the OECD (an inflation start). We extend their work to consider the impact of trade openness on the probability of such an event. The main finding is that increased openness...

We analyze the international transmission of interest rates under pegged and non-pegged exchange rate regimes, demonstrating that transmission depends upon the informational properties of a base country’s interest rate change. We differentiate between interest rate movements which are...

We present new evidence on how heterogeneity in banks interacts with monetary policy changes to impact bank lending. Using an exogenous policy measure identified from narratives on FOMC intentions and real-time economic forecasts, we find much greater heterogeneity in U.S. bank lending responses...

We present new evidence on how heterogeneity in banks interacts with monetary policy changes to impact bank lending, at both the bank and U.S. state levels. Using an exogenous policy measure identified from narratives on FOMC intentions and real-time economic forecasts, we find much stronger...

This article serves as an introduction to two issues of the <italic>Oxford Review of Economic Policy</italic>, one entitled ‘Sovereign Debt: Understanding Bond Markets During the Eurozone Crisis’ and the second ‘Sovereign Debt: Lessons from the Past, Reforms for the Future’. We begin by documenting...

The unconventional monetary policy measures adopted by the major central banks in the period since 2008 are discussed in this paper. We highlight some important differences between quantitative easing and conventional monetary policy and then evaluate the mechanisms through which quantitative...

In this short article we provide an introduction to the issue of the <italic>Oxford Review of Economic Policy</italic> entitled ‘Sovereign Debt: Lessons from the Past, Reforms for the Future’. Copyright 2013, Oxford University Press.