IMF Working Papers

Calibrating Macroprudential Policies in Europe Amid Rising Housing Market Vulnerability

By Laura Valderrama

March 24, 2023

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Laura Valderrama. Calibrating Macroprudential Policies in Europe Amid Rising Housing Market Vulnerability, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2023) accessed October 6, 2024

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Summary

Housing market developments are in the spotlight in Europe. Over-stretched valuations amid tightening financial conditions and a cost-of-living crisis have increased risks of a sustained downturn and exposed challenging trade-offs for macroprudential policy between ensuring financial system resilience and smoothing the macro-financial cycle. Against this backdrop, this paper provides detailed considerations regarding how to (re)set macroprudential policy tools in response to housing-related systemic risk in Europe, providing design solutions to avoid unintended consequences during a tightening phase, and navigating the trade-offs between managing the build-up of vulnerabilities and the macro-financial cycle in a downturn. It also proposes a novel framework to measure the effectiveness of tools and avoid overlaps by quantifying the risks addressed by different macroprudential instruments. Finally, it introduces a taxonomy allowing to assess a country’s macroprudential stance and whether adjustments to current policy settings are warranted—such as the relaxation of capital-based tools and possibly some borrower-based measures in the event of a more severe downturn.

Keywords: Economic cycle, Financial stability, Household vulnerability, Housing markets, Income distribution, Macroprudential policy.

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    46

  • Volume:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2023/075

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2023075

  • ISBN:

    9798400237775

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941