This paper investigates whether output and inflation respond asymmetrically to credit shocks in the euro area. The methodology, based on a non-linear VAR system, follows work by Balke (2000) for the US. The results reveal evidence of threshold effects related to credit conditions in the economy....

Do negative policy rates hinder banks' transmission of monetary policy? To answer this question, we examine the behaviour of Italian mortgage lenders using a novel loan-level dataset. When policy rates turn negative, banks with higher ratios of retail overnight deposits to total assets charge...

Do negative policy rates hinder banks' transmission of monetary policy? To answer this question, we examine the behaviour of Italian mortgage lenders using a novel loan-level dataset. When policy rates turn negative, banks with higher ratios of retail overnight deposits to total assets charge...

Dieser Aufsatz beleuchtet auf der Grundlage eines Überblicks über die Fachliteratur die Faktoren, die als Erklärung dafür gelten können, dass die Nachfrage nach Geldmengenaggregaten in weiter Abgrenzung im Euro-Raum im Allgemeinen stabiler ist als in anderen großen Volkswirtschaften wie...