The macroeconomic effects of macroprudential policy

Björn Richter, Moritz Schularick and Ilhyock Shim

No 740, BIS Working Papers from Bank for International Settlements

Abstract: Central banks increasingly rely on macroprudential measures to manage the financial cycle, but the effects of such policies on the core objectives of monetary policy to stabilise output and inflation are largely unknown. In this paper, we quantify the effects of changes in maximum loan-to-value (LTV) ratios on output and inflation. We rely on a narrative identification approach based on detailed reading of policymakers' objectives when implementing the measures. We find that over a four-year horizon, a 10 percentage point decrease in the maximum LTV ratio leads to a 1.1% reduction in output. As a rule of thumb, the impact of a 10 percentage point LTV tightening can be viewed as roughly comparable to that of a 25 basis point increase in the policy rate. However, the effects are imprecisely estimated and the effect is only present in emerging market economies. We also find that tightening LTV limits has larger economic effects than loosening them. At the same time, we show that changes in maximum LTV ratios have substantial effects on credit and house price growth. Using inverse propensity weights to re-randomise LTV actions, we show that these effects are likely causal.

Keywords: macroprudential policy; loan-to-value ratios; local projections; narrative approach (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E58 G28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 50 pages
Date: 2018-08
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-ban, nep-cba, nep-mac and nep-mon
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