This paper uses a structural VAR model to study the effect of monetary policy on the delinquency rate of business loans and consumer credit. The VAR is identified using, jointly, several external instruments that reflect different approaches from the literature. Delinquency rates, defined as the rate of loans with overdue repayments relative to total loans, are found to decrease in response to an exogenous ...
In the past five years, the inflation in the euro area has been well below the European Central Bank’s (ECB) aimed inflation rate of close to but below two percent for achieving its objective of price stabilization in the medium term. The present analysis shows that expectations of low inflation, rising cyclical unemployment, and external factors such as low crude oil prices were responsible. In the ...
Die Inflationsrate im Euroraum lag in den vergangenen fünf Jahren deutlich unterhalb der von der Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB) angestrebten Inflationsrate von knapp unter zwei Prozent zur mittelfristigen Preisstabilisierung. Verantwortlich hierfür waren, wie die vorliegende Analyse zeigt, niedrige Inflationserwartungen, hohe Arbeitslosenquoten und externe Faktoren wie niedrige Rohölpreise. Mitte dieses ...
