in credit and liquidity constraints in driving aggregate consumption and debt dynamics. Other factors behind muted …We study whether the level of household indebtedness is related to the interest rate elasticity of private consumption … even as the household sector's debt-to-income ratio has almost doubled in the past 20 years. Estimates based on the …

impact of changes in wealth on household consumption and the overall macroeconomy. There is an extensive existing literature …The effect of wealth on consumption is an issue of longstanding interest to economists. Analysts believe that … fluctuations in household wealth have driven major swings in economic activity. This paper considers so-called wealth effects - the …