The Synchronization of Business Cycles and Financial Cycles in the Euro Area

William Oman

International Journal of Central Banking, 2019, vol. 15, issue 1, 327-362

Abstract: Using a frequency-based filter, I document the existence of a euro-area financial cycle and high- and low-amplitude national financial cycles. Applying concordance and similarity analysis to business and financial cycles, I provide evidence of five empirical regularities: (i) the aggregate euro-area creditto- GDP ratio behaved procyclically in the years preceding euro-area recessions; (ii) financial cycles are less synchronized than business cycles; (iii) business cycle synchronization has increased while financial cycle synchronization has decreased; (iv) financial cycle desynchronization was more pronounced between high-amplitude and low-amplitude countries, especially Germany; (v) high-amplitude countries and Germany experienced divergent leverage dynamics after 2002.

JEL-codes: E32 E44 E58 F36 F44 F45 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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