Monetary policy has real effects through credit supply and demand, and since these changes are mostly unobserved, the complete identification of the credit channel is generally unfeasible. Bank lending surveys by central banks, however, contain reliable quarterly information on changes in loan conditions due to bank, firm and household balance sheet strength and on changes in loan demand. Using the U.S. and the unique Euro area surveys, we find that the credit channel amplifies a monetary policy shock on GDP and prices through the balance-sheets of households, firms and banks. For corporate loans, amplification is highest through the bank lending and the borrower's balance sheet channel; for households, demand is the strongest channel.

Ciccarelli, M.; Maddaloni, A.; Peydro, Jose-Luis. (2015). Trusting the bankers: A new look at the credit channel of monetary policy. REVIEW OF ECONOMIC DYNAMICS, (ISSN: 1094-2025), 18:4, 979-1002. Doi: 10.1016/j.red.2014.11.002.

Trusting the bankers: A new look at the credit channel of monetary policy

Peydro J. -L.
2015

Abstract

Monetary policy has real effects through credit supply and demand, and since these changes are mostly unobserved, the complete identification of the credit channel is generally unfeasible. Bank lending surveys by central banks, however, contain reliable quarterly information on changes in loan conditions due to bank, firm and household balance sheet strength and on changes in loan demand. Using the U.S. and the unique Euro area surveys, we find that the credit channel amplifies a monetary policy shock on GDP and prices through the balance-sheets of households, firms and banks. For corporate loans, amplification is highest through the bank lending and the borrower's balance sheet channel; for households, demand is the strongest channel.
2015
Bank lending channel
Credit channel
Credit crunch
Credit supply
Firm and household balance-sheet channels
Monetary policy
Ciccarelli, M.; Maddaloni, A.; Peydro, Jose-Luis. (2015). Trusting the bankers: A new look at the credit channel of monetary policy. REVIEW OF ECONOMIC DYNAMICS, (ISSN: 1094-2025), 18:4, 979-1002. Doi: 10.1016/j.red.2014.11.002.
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