A note on interest rate policy during the Great Depression

Matti Virén

No 2/1989, Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers from Bank of Finland

Abstract: This paper presents some analyses of interest rate determination in six industrialized countries during the Great Depression. The main finding of the paper is that the huge real interest rate shocks experienced during that time were mainly due to policy actions by central banks.

Date: 1989
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