Global Financial Cycle, Household Credit, and Macroprudential Policies

Management Science, Forthcoming

59 Pages Posted: 30 Sep 2017 Last revised: 10 Mar 2023

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Mircea Epure

Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) - Department of Economics and Business; Barcelona School of Economics; UPF Barcelona School of Management

Irina Mihai

National Bank of Romania; Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Camelia Minoiu

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

José-Luis Peydró

Imperial College London; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) - Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences

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Date Written: March 9, 2023

Abstract

We show that macroprudential policies dampen the impact of global financial conditions on local bank credit cycles. For identification, we exploit variation in the U.S. VIX and household and business credit registers in an emerging market economy where banks depend on foreign funding and macroprudential measures vary over the full cycle. Our results suggest that when the VIX is low, tighter macroprudential policies reduce household lending, notably for riskier (FX and high DSTI) loans and by banks dependent on foreign funding. Moreover, they increase (less regulated) local currency lending to real estate firms, while leaving business lending to other firms unchanged. Such periods are associated with less subsequent total lending to households and firms and with a lower share of FX loans at the local level. Consistently, when the VIX is low, tighter macroprudential policies dampen house prices and economic activity.

Keywords: global financial cycle, macroprudential policies, boom-bust credit cycle, bank loans to households and firms, credit registry, emerging markets

JEL Classification: G01, G21, G28, F30, E58

Suggested Citation

Epure, Mircea and Mihai, Irina and Minoiu, Camelia and Peydro, Jose-Luis, Global Financial Cycle, Household Credit, and Macroprudential Policies (March 9, 2023). Management Science, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3044959 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3044959

Mircea Epure

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Irina Mihai

National Bank of Romania ( email )

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Camelia Minoiu (Contact Author)

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Jose-Luis Peydro

Imperial College London ( email )

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