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This paper investigates the relationships between consumption and mortgage interest reduction caused by an expansionary … by mortgage interest reduction help to relax the liquidity constraints they face. These results imply that financial … characteristics of mortgage borrowers can affect the magnitude and persistence of the cash flow channels of an expansionary monetary …
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We study the role of monetary policy for the dynamics of U.S. mortgage debt, which is the largest component of … household indebtedness. A timevarying parameter VAR model allows us to study the variation in the mortgage debt sensitivity to … quantitatively similar to the VAR results. A sacrifice ratio for mortgage debt reveals that a policy tightening directed towards …
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I analyze the recent experience of unconventional monetary policy in Sweden to study the interest rate transmission mechanisms of government bond purchases when interest rates are not constrained by a lower bound. Using dynamic term structure models and event study regressions I find that...
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We examine the effect of monetary policy on household spending when households are indebted and interest rates on outstanding loans are linked to short-term interest rates. Using administrative data on balance sheets and consumption expenditure of Swedish households, we reveal the cash-flow...
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We examine the cash-flow channel of monetary policy, i.e. the effect of monetary policy on spending when households hold debt linked to short-term rates such as adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs). Using registry-based data on Swedish households, we estimate substantial heterogeneity in consumption...
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