U.S. monetary policy and emerging market credit cycles

Falk Bräuning and Victoria Ivashina

Journal of Monetary Economics, 2020, vol. 112, issue C, 57-76

Abstract: Foreign banks’ lending to firms in emerging market economies (EMEs) is large and denominated predominantly in U.S. dollars. This creates a direct connection between U.S. monetary policy and EME credit cycles. We estimate that over a typical U.S. monetary easing cycle, EME borrowers experience a 32-percentage-point greater increase in the volume of loans issued by foreign banks than do borrowers from developed markets, followed by a fast credit contraction of a similar magnitude upon reversal of the cycle. Consistent with a risk-driven credit-supply adjustment, we show that the spillover is stronger for riskier EMEs, and, within countries, for higher-risk firms.

Keywords: Global credit cycle; Monetary policy; Emerging markets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E52 F34 F44 G21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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Working Paper: U.S. Monetary Policy and Emerging Market Credit Cycles (2018)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jmoneco.2019.02.005

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