The US monetary performance prior to the 2008 crisis

Kui-Wai Li ()

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Abstract: This article uses a Structural Vector Autoregressive (SVAR) approach to study the different shocks to the monetary performance in the two decades of the US economy prior to the 2008 financial crisis. By using the Federal Fund Rate as a measure of change in the monetary policy, this study shows that interest rate expectation is informative about the future movement of Federal Fund Rate and the anticipated monetary policy should be one of the crucial reasons in causing monetary and financial deterioration in the US economy. This article discusses a possible conjecture of a low interest rate trap when a persistent and prolonged low interest rate regime led to financial instability.

Keywords: monetary shocks; interest rate; financial crisis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C32 E52 O51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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Published in Applied Economics 24.45(2013): pp. 3449-3460

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