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Macroeconomic Patterns and Monetary Policy in the Run-up to Asset Price Busts.

We find that inflation, output and the stance of monetary policy do not typically display unusual behavior ahead of asset price busts. By contrast, credit, shares of investment in GDP, current account deficits, and asset prices typically rise, providing useful, if not perfect, leading indicators of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Scott, Alasdair
Otros Autores: Rabanal, Pau, Kannan, Prakash
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : International Monetary Fund, 2009.
Colección:IMF Working Papers.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:We find that inflation, output and the stance of monetary policy do not typically display unusual behavior ahead of asset price busts. By contrast, credit, shares of investment in GDP, current account deficits, and asset prices typically rise, providing useful, if not perfect, leading indicators of asset price busts. These patterns could also be observed in the build-up to the current crisis. Monetary policy was not the main, systematic cause of the current crisis. But, with inflation typically under control, central banks effectively accommodated these growing imbalances, raising the risk of.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (52 pages)
ISBN:9781452754093
1452754098
1451918135
9781451918137