deteriorating household balance sheets? This paper examines the question using household data from the United States. It compares … the responsiveness of household consumption to monetary policy shocks in the pre- and post-crisis periods, relating … changes in monetary transmission to changes in household indebtedness and liquidity. The results show that the responsiveness …

unique panel dataset of household's credit and debit card spending, ATM withdrawals, financial investments into risky assets …. These results highlight how the heterogeneity in contract design and household wealth affects the monetary policy pass-through …