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This paper studies the effects of three financial shocks in the economy: a net-worth shock, an uncertainty or risk … shock, and a credit-spread shock. We argue that only the latter can push the nominal interest rate against its zero lower … bound. Further, a recessionary shock to the net worth or the credit spread generates a positive response for loans, which is …
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The European Central Bank's asset purchase programs, while intended to stabilize the economy, may have unintended side effects on financial stability. This paper aims at gauging the effects on financial markets, the banking sector, and lending to non-financial firms. Using a structural vector...
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"Financial systems are inherently fragile because of the very function which makes them valuable: liquidity transformation. Regulatory reforms can strengthen the financial system and decrease the risk of liquidity crises, but they cannot eliminate it completely. This leaves monetary policy with...
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that modest alterations to monetary policy have vast consequences is inconsistent with theory and not supported by evidence …
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that modest alterations to monetary policy have vast consequences is inconsistent with theory and not supported by evidence …
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We use the founding of the Federal Reserve as a historical experiment to provide some insight into whether a lender of last resort can stabilize financial markets. Following the Panic of 1907, Congress passed two measures that established a lender of last resort in the United States: (1) the...
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