Spillovers of U.S. monetary policy shocks on housing prices in nine emerging economies and their stabilizing capital controls

Trung Ba Nguyen, Chon Van Le and Tri Anh Duc Nguyen

International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, 2024, vol. 19, issue 1, 131-149

Abstract: PurposeThis paper aims to examine the dynamic spillovers of Federal Reserve’s monetary policy shocks on real house price indices in nine emerging economies, namely China, Brazil, Thailand, Chile, Peru, Mexico, Malaysia, Indonesia and South Africa.Design/methodology/approachThe authors use the local projection method with a panel data set of these countries spanning from 2005Q3 to 2019Q4 to estimate local projections at each period rather than extrapolating into distant periods from a given model.FindingsA pure tightening monetary policy shock is associated with a decline in housing prices in the nine emerging markets. However, the optimistic information about the US macro-economic fundamentals that is embedded in the tightening announcement would increase housing prices. Therefore, the net transmission effects of the US policy rate shocks may be smaller than what previous studies reported. In addition, the authors also find that capital control actions executed by emerging countries are effective in mitigating the spillovers of the US monetary policy.Originality/valueFirst, the paper aims to investigate the effects of US monetary policy shocks on housing prices in emerging economies which have not received sufficient scholarly attention. Second, the analysis focuses on both pure monetary policy shocks and the Federal Reserve's information on economic fundamentals contained in its rate announcements. Third, the authors also assess the effectiveness of capital controls imposed by policymakers in emerging countries in mitigating the spillovers of US policy rate shocks on housing prices in emerging markets.

Keywords: Spillover effects; US monetary policy; Information shocks; Capital controls; Housing prices; Emerging economies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1108/IJHMA-06-2024-0089

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