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We consider a Keynes-Goodwin model of effective demand and the distributive cycle where workers purchase goods and houses with marginal propensity significantly larger than one. They therefore need credit, supplied from asset holders, and have to pay interest on their outstanding debt. In this...
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In this paper we examine the sensitivity of mortgage arrears for Irish households to changes in mortgage interest rates … information on current income and current mortgage repayments to link arrears to the level of, as well as shocks in, households … and those on tracker mortgage rate loans are most at risk following rate rises. This has important consequences for the …
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We decompose aggregate consumption by modelling both savers and their links to collateral constrained borrowers through a bank which prices credit risk. Savers own both firms and the commercial bank while borrowers require loans from the commercial bank to effect their consumption plans. The...
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On December 16th of 2015, the Fed initiated "liftoff," raising the federal funds rate range by 25 basis points and ending a 7-year regime of near-zero rates. We use a unique dataset of 640,000 loan-hour observations to measure the impact of liftoff on interest rates in the peer-to-peer lending...
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The US financial system is undergoing a painful restructuring as credit losses originating in the mortgage finance … for housing, low interest rates, innovations in mortgage lending and securitization, and a breakdown in credit quality …
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