For the first time in almost a decade, the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates at the end of 2015 - an initial step toward normalizing monetary policy which has been very expansive since the onset of the financial crisis. Ahead of the move, it was feared that the interest rate reversal might have a considerable impact on emerging markets because the hike would lead to more capital flows being ...
Erstmals seit fast zehn Jahren hat die US-Notenbank Fed Ende 2015 die Leitzinsen erhöht - ein erster Schritt auf dem Weg zu einer Normalisierung der Geldpolitik, die seit Beginn der Finanzkrise sehr expansiv ausgerichtet ist. Im Vorfeld wurde befürchtet, dass die Zinswende erhebliche Auswirkungen auf die Schwellenländer haben könnte, da mit einem Anstieg der Zinsen in den USA Kapital dorthin abfließen ...
Die Europäische Zentralbank hat seit 2007 zahlreiche unkonventionelle geldpolitische Maßnahmen umgesetzt. Jedes neue Instrument wurde von einer heftigen öffentlichen Debatte über seine Wirksamkeit begleitet. Diese Studie evaluiert die makroökonomischen Effekte dieser Maßnahmen. Die Schätzungen zeigen, dass eine unerwartete Lockerung der Geldpolitik, die die Renditen von Staatsanleihen im Euroraum senkt, ...
This paper examines the relevance of the Lucas critique for euro area money demand. Based on the money in the utility function approach, a vector error correction model is specified to investigate the relationship between money and inflation in times of policy shifts. A well defined equation for money demand is obtained. The results indicate that the evolution of M3 is still in line with money demand. ...
In the debate on monetary policy decisions, to date, little attention has been paid to distributional effects. One reason for this is that they are not included in the mandate of the European Central Bank (ECB). Given the loose monetary policy stance in the euro area and the large-scale program to purchase government and corporate bonds launched in January 2015, the question increasingly being asked ...
The European Central Bank has engaged in a wide range of nonstandard monetary policy measures since 2007. Each new tool was accompanied by an intense public debate on its effectiveness. This study evaluates the average effect of these measures on the macro-economy. The estimates show that unexpected changes in monetary policy that lower euro-area sovereign bond yields lead to a significant rise in ...