Keynote speech: Measuring the Effects of Monetary Policy on House Prices and the EconomyFull Publication: 'http://ssrn.com/abstract=2861007' Expanding the Boundaries of Monetary Policy in Asia and the Pacific

We modify the Laubach-Williams and Holston-Laubach-Williams models of the natural rate of interest to account for time-varying volatility and a persistent COVID supply shock during the pandemic. Resulting estimates of the natural rate of interest in the United States, Canada, and the Euro Area...