This paper uses several macroeconomic and financial indicators within a Markov Switching (MS) framework to predict the turning points of the business cycle. The presented model is applied to monthly German real-time data covering the recession and the recovery after the financial crisis. We show...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide market risk calculation for an equity-based trading portfolio. Instead of relying on the purely stochastic internal model method which banks currently apply in line with the Basel regulatory requirements, the author also propose including...

In einzelnen europäischen Ländern bewegen sich die Vermögenspreise in Folge der Niedrigzinspolitik und Quantitativen Lockerung auf einem Niveau, das erhöhte Wachsamkeit verlangt. Gefordert ist nicht die Geldpolitik im engeren Sinne, deren Kurs angesichts der wirtschaftlichen Lage im Euroraum...

10 Jahre nach dem Lehman Crash stellt sich die Frage, ob ein solcher Zusammenbruch zeitnah erneut stattfinden kann und wird. Dieser Frage wird anhand der Ergebnisse des IMK Finanzmarktstressindikators nachgegangen, der auf einer dynamischen Hauptkomponentenanalyse basiert. Im Rahmen der Analyse...

We investigate the interaction between inequality, leverage and financial crises using bivariate Granger causality tests for a sample of 13 European countries and the United States over the period 1975-2013. We also examine the relevance of other determinants of expansions in credit to income...

We develop a stock-flow-consistent macroeconomic model with an agent-based focus on corporate credit markets, including a securitization process. Against the background of increased corporate indebtedness, our interest is in quantifying contagion effects that endogenously arise from corporate...