We estimate the effects of unconventional monetary policy on firms’ labor demand. Using two policy discontinuities of the Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility (SMCCF), we show that the SMCCF increased vacancy postings by 19% for A firms, 22% for BBB firms, and 35% for fallen angels. The...

In most instances, the dynamic response of monetary and other policies to shocks is infrequent and lumpy. The same holds for the microeconomic response of some of the most important economic variables, such as investment, labor demand, and prices. We show that the standard practice of estimating...