The Transmission of Monetary Policy under the Microscope

Martin Holm, Pascal Paul and Andreas Tischbirek

Journal of Political Economy, 2021, vol. 129, issue 10, 2861 - 2904

Abstract: We investigate the transmission of monetary policy to household consumption using administrative data on the universe of households in Norway. On the basis of identified monetary policy shocks, we estimate the dynamic responses of consumption, income, and saving along the liquid asset distribution of households. For low-liquidity but also for high-liquidity households, changes in disposable income are associated with a sizable consumption reaction. The impact consumption response is closely linked to interest rate exposure, which is negative at the bottom but positive at the top of the distribution. Indirect effects of monetary policy gradually build up and eventually outweigh the direct effects.

Date: 2021
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