CEPR Discussion Paper – The Global Financial Cycle: Quantities versus Prices

Author(s):Eugenio Cerutti, Stijn Claessens Date:July 2024 Abstract: We quantify the importance of the Global Financial Cycle (GFCy) in domestic credit and various local asset prices and compare it with that in capital flows. Using 2000-2021 data for 76 economies and a simple methodology, we find that each respective series’ common factor and conventional US GFCy-drivers[…]