State-dependent monetary policy transmission and financial market tensions

Is monetary policy more powerful when strains in the financial system are high? Applying local projections to US time series, I approach this question by allowing monetary policy shocks and its propagation to the broader economy to smoothly vary according to a measure of financial market tensions—th...

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1. Verfasser: Rüth, Sebastian (Verfasst von)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 26May2017
In: Economics letters
Year: 2017, Jahrgang: 157, Pages: 56-61
ISSN:0165-1765
DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2017.05.008
Online-Zugang:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2017.05.008
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165176517301866
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Verfasserangaben:Sebastian K. Rüth
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Zusammenfassung:Is monetary policy more powerful when strains in the financial system are high? Applying local projections to US time series, I approach this question by allowing monetary policy shocks and its propagation to the broader economy to smoothly vary according to a measure of financial market tensions—the so-called excess bond premium (EBP). I find that monetary policy impacts macroeconomic, housing, and financial variables stronger and more persistently when financial frictions are high.
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ISSN:0165-1765
DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2017.05.008