Financial shocks and the maturity of the monetary policy rate

Autor: Petra Gerlach-Kristen, Barbara Rudolf
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Economics Letters. 107:333-337
ISSN: 0165-1765
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2010.02.012
Popis: Monetary policy is typically formulated with a very short-term interest rate, while longer rates matter in the transmission mechanism. We show that financial market shocks impact less on the macroeconomy if policy is set with a longer rate.
Databáze: OpenAIRE