US or Domestic Monetary Policy: Which Matters More for Financial Stability?

Stephen Cecchetti, Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli (), Machiko Narita and Ratna Sahay
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IMF Economic Review, 2020, vol. 68, issue 1, No 3, 35-65

Abstract: Abstract We study the impact of sustained monetary policy easing on risk-taking behavior using firm-level data for nearly 1000 financial institutions in 21 countries over 15 years. We find that both banks and nonbanks increase leverage following domestic monetary policy easing. Surprisingly, following easing in the USA (but not in the euro area), leverage in non-US firms increases as well, by more than it does following a domestic easing. We go on to show that spillovers from US policy are stronger in countries that are more financially developed, less open to trade, and have smaller gross US dollar liabilities. These results lend support to concerns raised by emerging market policymakers that US monetary policy spillovers complicate domestic policymakers’ decisions.

JEL-codes: E44 E52 G21 G23 G32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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