BIS Working Paper – The impact of macroprudential policies on industrial growth

Author(s):Carlos Madeira Date:May 2024 Abstract: This paper analyses the causal impact of macroprudential policies on growth, using industry-leveldata for 89 countries for the period 1990 to 2021. The small industry size creates an exogenous identification and avoids reverse-causality. I find that macroprudential tightening measures have a negative impact on manufacturing growth, but only for industries[…]

NBER Working Paper – Fiscal Consequences of Central Bank Losses

Author(s):Stephen G. Cecchetti & Jens Hilscher Date:May 2024 Abstract: In response to the Global Financial Crisis, central banks engaged in large-scale asset purchases funded by the issuance of reserves. These “unconventional” policies continued during the pandemic, so that by 2022 central banks’ balance sheets had grown up to ten-fold. As a result of rapidly increasing[…]

June 2024: A Framework for Systemwide Liquidity Analysis

IMF Working Paper by Xiaodan Ding, Dimitrios Laliotis & Priscilla Toffano The authors developed a novel Systemwide Liquidity (SWL) framework to identify liquidity stress in the system that goes beyond banks and to assess the role played by non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) in episodes of liquidity stress. The framework, which complements standard liquidity and interconnectedness[…]