Macroeconomic Patterns and Monetary Policy in the Run-up to Asset Price Busts

By Alasdair Scott, Pau Rabanal, Prakash Kannan

November 1, 2009

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Alasdair Scott, Pau Rabanal, and Prakash Kannan. Macroeconomic Patterns and Monetary Policy in the Run-up to Asset Price Busts, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2009) accessed September 19, 2024

Disclaimer: This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF.The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate

Summary

We find that inflation, output and the stance of monetary policy do not typically display unusual behavior ahead of asset price busts. By contrast, credit, shares of investment in GDP, current account deficits, and asset prices typically rise, providing useful, if not perfect, leading indicators of asset price busts. These patterns could also be observed in the build-up to the current crisis. Monetary policy was not the main, systematic cause of the current crisis. But, with inflation typically under control, central banks effectively accommodated these growing imbalances, raising the risk of damaging busts.

Subject: Asset prices, Credit, Current account balance, Housing prices, Inflation

Keywords: Asset price, IMF staff calculation, Monetary policy condition, Price bust, Stock price, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

39
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Working Paper No. 2009/252
Stock No:

WPIEA2009252
ISBN:

9781451873993
ISSN:

1018-5941

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