Financial Imbalances, Crisis Probability and Monetary Policy in Norway
39 Pages Posted: 20 Nov 2017
Date Written: October 26, 2017
Abstract
We assess the strength of the impact of a monetary policy shock on financial crisis probability in Norway. Policy effects go via the interest rate impact on credit, house prices and banks' wholesale funding. We find that the impact of a monetary policy shock on crisis probability is about 10 times larger than what previous studies suggest. The large impact is mostly due to a fall in property prices and banks' wholesale funding in response to a contractionary monetary policy shock. In contrast, and in line with existing literature, there is a more limited contribution to reduced crisis probability from the impact of monetary policy on credit.
Keywords: Monetary Policy, Financial Imbalances, Financial Crisis, Structural VAR
JEL Classification: E32, E37, E44, E52
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