The subprime crisis produced bizarre movements in real and financial aggregates. In particular, the presence of an unusual relationship between quantitative easing policies and credit market conditions led to an unprecedented drop in the real economic activity. In a Brainard (1967)'s parameter...

We disentangle the effects of monetary policy announcements on real economic variables into an interest rate shock component and a central bank information shock component. We identify both components using changes in interest rate futures and in exchange rates around monetary policy...

This paper examines how the preferences of a large economy's central bank affect the trade-off between output and inflation volatility faced by the central bank of a small open economy by analysing the impact of a global cost-push shock. We demonstrate that under the assumption of producer...

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...