Asset Prices and Monetary Policy
Asset Prices and Monetary Policy

Author: John Y. Campbell

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2008-11-15

Total Pages: 444

ISBN-13: 0226092127

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Economic growth, low inflation, and financial stability are among the most important goals of policy makers, and central banks such as the Federal Reserve are key institutions for achieving these goals. In Asset Prices and Monetary Policy, leading scholars and practitioners probe the interaction of central banks, asset markets, and the general economy to forge a new understanding of the challenges facing policy makers as they manage an increasingly complex economic system. The contributors examine how central bankers determine their policy prescriptions with reference to the fluctuating housing market, the balance of debt and credit, changing beliefs of investors, the level of commodity prices, and other factors. At a time when the public has never been more involved in stocks, retirement funds, and real estate investment, this insightful book will be useful to all those concerned with the current state of the economy.

"Low for Long" and Risk-Taking

Author: Mr.Tobias Adrian

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Published: 2020-11-24

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781513556062

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The COVID-19 pandemic is causing an unprecedented worldwide economic contraction, leading central banks to reduce interest rates to historically low levels and making unconventional monetary policies—including “low for long” interest rates and asset purchases—increasingly common. Arguably, however, the policies implemented are efficient because they encourage increased risk-taking, and they may have, if unintentionally, increase medium- and long-run macro-financial vulnerabilities. This paper argues that the resulting trade-offs need to be carefully accounted for in monetary policy models and outlines how that can be achieved in practice.

Housing in the Economy
Housing in the Economy

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1956

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13:

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"With a statistical appendix excerpted from the ... annual report" (varies slightly).

Innocent Bystanders? Monetary Policy and Inequality in the U.S.
Innocent Bystanders? Monetary Policy and Inequality in the U.S.

Author: Mr.Olivier Coibion

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2012-08-01

Total Pages: 57

ISBN-13: 1475505493

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We study the effects and historical contribution of monetary policy shocks to consumption and income inequality in the United States since 1980. Contractionary monetary policy actions systematically increase inequality in labor earnings, total income, consumption and total expenditures. Furthermore, monetary shocks can account for a significant component of the historical cyclical variation in income and consumption inequality. Using detailed micro-level data on income and consumption, we document the different channels via which monetary policy shocks affect inequality, as well as how these channels depend on the nature of the change in monetary policy.

World Economic Outlook, April 2024
World Economic Outlook, April 2024

Author: International Monetary

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2024-04-16

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13:

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The latest World Economic Outlook reports economic activity was surprisingly resilient through the global disinflation of 2022–23, despite significant central bank interest rate hikes to restore price stability. Risks to the global outlook are now broadly balanced compared with last year. Monetary policy should ensure that inflation touches down smoothly, while a renewed focus on fiscal consolidation is needed to rebuild room for budgetary maneuver and to ensure debt sustainability. Structural reforms are crucial to revive medium-term growth prospects amid constrained policy space.

The Housing Supply Channel of Monetary Policy
The Housing Supply Channel of Monetary Policy

Author: Bruno Albuquerque

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2024-02-02

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13:

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We study the role of regional housing markets in the transmission of US monetary policy. Using a FAVAR model over 1999q1–2019q4, we find sizeable heterogeneity in the responses of US states to a contractionary monetary policy shock. Part of this regional variation is due to differences in housing supply elasticities, household debt overhang, and housing wealth (volatility). Our analysis indicates that house prices and consumption respond more in supply-inelastic states and in states with large household debt imbalances, where negative housing wealth effects bite more strongly and borrowing constraints become more binding. Moreover, financial stability risks increase sharply in these areas as mortgage delinquencies and foreclosures surge, worsening banks’ balance sheets. Finally, monetary policy may have a stronger effect on housing tenure decisions in supply-inelastic states, where the homeownership rate and price-to-rent ratios decline by more. Our findings stress the importance of regional housing supply conditions in assessing the macrofinancial effects of rising interest rates.

Asset Price Bubbles
Asset Price Bubbles

Author: William Curt Hunter

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 650

ISBN-13: 9780262582537

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A study of asset price bubbles and the implications for preventing financial instability.

DSGE Models in Macroeconomics
DSGE Models in Macroeconomics

Author: Nathan Balke

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2012-11-29

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 1781903050

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This volume of Advances in Econometrics contains articles that examine key topics in the modeling and estimation of dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models. Because DSGE models combine micro- and macroeconomic theory with formal econometric modeling and inference, over the past decade they have become an established framework for analy

One Money, Many Markets: Monetary Transmission and Housing Financing in the Euro Area
One Money, Many Markets: Monetary Transmission and Housing Financing in the Euro Area

Author: Giancarlo Corsetti

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2020-06-26

Total Pages: 63

ISBN-13: 1513548743

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We study the transmission of monetary shocks across euro-area countries using a dynamic factor model and high-frequency identification. We develop a methodology to assess the degree of heterogeneity, which we find to be low in financial variables and output, but significant in consumption, consumer prices, and variables related to local housing and labor markets. Building a small open economy model featuring a housing sector and calibrating it to Spain, we show that varying the share of adjustable-rate mortgages and loan-to-value ratios explains up to one-third of the cross-country heterogeneity in the responses of output and private consumption.

Monetary Policy Transmission in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies
Monetary Policy Transmission in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies

Author: Mr.Luis Brandao-Marques

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2020-02-21

Total Pages: 54

ISBN-13: 1513529730

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Central banks in emerging and developing economies (EMDEs) have been modernizing their monetary policy frameworks, often moving toward inflation targeting (IT). However, questions regarding the strength of monetary policy transmission from interest rates to inflation and output have often stalled progress. We conduct a novel empirical analysis using Jordà’s (2005) approach for 40 EMDEs to shed a light on monetary transmission in these countries. We find that interest rate hikes reduce output growth and inflation, once we explicitly account for the behavior of the exchange rate. Having a modern monetary policy framework—adopting IT and independent and transparent central banks—matters more for monetary transmission than financial development.