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-Wicksellian paradigm. A general form of an aggregate-demand equation reveals a role for liquidity, as well as less effective movements in …
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In August of 2007, banks faced a freeze in funding liquidity from the asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market. We … investigate how banks scrambled for liquidity in response to this freeze and its implications for corporate borrowing. Commercial …
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With short-term interest rates at the zero lower bound, forward guidance has become a key tool for central bankers, and yet we know little about its effectiveness. Standard medium-scale DSGE models tend to grossly overestimate the impact of forward guidance on the macroeconomy — a phenomenon...
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The goal of this paper is to present the dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model developed and used at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The paper describes how the model works, how it is estimated, how it rationalizes past history, including the Great Recession, and how it is...
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Methods of monetary policy implementation continue to change. The level of reserve supply—scarce, abundant, or somewhere in between—has implications for the efficiency and effectiveness of an implementation regime. The money market events of September 2019 highlight the need for an...
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This paper documents macroeconomic forecasting during the global financial crisis by two key central banks: the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The paper is the result of a collaborative effort between the two institutions, allowing us to study the time-stamped...
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Monetary policymakers and long-term investors would benefit greatly from a measure of underlying inflation that uses all relevant information, is available in real time, and forecasts inflation better than traditional underlying inflation measures such as core inflation measures. This paper...
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We propose a new framework for monetary policy analysis to study monetary policy normalization when exiting a liquidity … trap. The optimal combination of reserves and interest rate policy requires an increase in liquidity (reserves) a few … tightening starts before the liftoff of the policy rate. Moreover, the withdrawal of liquidity takes place at a very slow pace …
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We document capital misallocation in the U.S. investment-grade (IG) corporate bond market, driven by quantitative easing (QE). Prospective fallen angels—risky firms just above the IG rating cutoff—enjoyed subsidized bond financing since 2009, especially when the scale of QE purchases peaked...
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We document capital misallocation in the U.S. investment-grade (IG) corporate bond market, driven by quantitative easing (QE). Prospective fallen angels–risky firms just above the IG rating cutoff–enjoyed subsidized bond financing since 2009, especially when the scale of QE purchases peaked...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013301918