We developed a factor regression model, nicknamed “GUPTY”, to study the business cycles, and their relation to the monetary policy. It covers several major macro-economic quantities, including unemployment rate, GDP, and weekly payrolls in the U.S. after WWII. The model postulates that these...

This paper empirically investigates the evolution and the sources of interest rate pass-through heterogeneity in the Eurozone for a sample of 11 euro area countries over the period 2003M1-2011M12. Considering two harmonized bank retail rates, we first estimate single equation error correction...

This paper empirically investigates the evolution and the sources of interest rate pass-through heterogeneity in the Eurozone for a sample of 11 euro area countries over the period 2003M1-2011M12. Considering two harmonized bank retail rates, we first estimate single equation error correction...