Characterizing the financial cycle: Evidence from a frequency domain analysis

Till Strohsal, Christian Proaño and Juergen Wolters

No 22/2015, Discussion Papers from Deutsche Bundesbank

Abstract: A growing body of literature argues that the financial cycle is considerably longer in duration and larger in amplitude than the business cycle and that its distinguishing features became more pronounced over time. This paper proposes an empirical approach suitable to test these hypotheses. We parametrically estimate the whole spectrum of financial and real variables to obtain a complete picture of their cyclical properties. We provide strong statistical evidence for the US and slightly weaker evidence for the UK validating the hypothesized features of the financial cycle. In Germany, however, the financial cycle is, if at all, much less visible.

Keywords: Financial Cycle; Business Cycle; Indirect Spectrum Estimation; Bootstrapping Inference (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C22 E32 E44 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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