Interest Rate Pass-Through, Monetary Policy Rules and Macroeconomic Stability

Claudia Kwapil () and Johann Scharler
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Claudia Kwapil: Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Economic Analysis Division

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Abstract: In this paper we analyze equilibrium determinacy in a sticky price model in which the pass-through from policy rates to retail interest rates is sluggish and potentially incomplete. In addition, we empirically characterize and compare the interest rate pass-through process in the euro area and the U.S. We find that if the pass-through is incomplete in the long run, the standard Taylor principle is insufficient to guarantee equilibrium determinacy. Our empirical analysis indicates that this result might be particularly relevant for bank-based financial systems as for instance that in the euro area.

Keywords: Interest Rate Pass-Through; Interest Rate Rules; Equilibrium Determinacy; Stability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E32 E52 E58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2006
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