Essays about: "monetary policy"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 338 essays containing the words monetary policy.

1. 16. Navigating Uncertain Waters: A Bayesian Threshold VAR Approach to Understanding the Impact of Commodity Price Shocks on Inflation

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Cajsa Klass; Selin Scheuerer; [2023]
   Keywords : Uncertainty; Bayesian; Commodity Price Pass-Through; Inflation; Threshold VAR;

   Abstract : The Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020 led to unprecedented uncertainty, reducing the predictability of macroeconomic variables. At the same time, commodity price movements as a contributor to national consumer price inflation continue to surface in debates. READ MORE

3. 17. Monetary Policy with Credit Market Frictions

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Mambuna Njie; [2023]
   Keywords : Monetary policy; Investments; Credit frictions; Collateral constraints;

   Abstract : I study the role of collateral as a source of financial friction in the transmission of monetary policy towards firms' investments. First, I use a panel of Swedish firms to estimate the heterogeneity in firm investment responses to monetary policy shocks conditional on collateral. READ MORE

4. 18. A "new" Consumer Price Index (CPI) for monetary policy decisions in Sweden : How does a "new" technological CPI compare to the traditional CPI in measuring inflation and influencing monetary policy decisions?

   University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Nationalekonomi

   Author : Josef Landén; [2023]
   Keywords : Consumer Price Index; Inflation; Technology; Monetary Policies; and Forecast;

   Abstract : This study proposes a “new" consumer price index (CPI) and investigates the influence of Sweden's monetary policy on the new index level and its variations over time. Unlike the traditional CPI that the SCB uses, the "new" CPI tries to consider technology improvements by using macro data. READ MORE

5. 19. Opening The Gates to The Swedish Mortgage Market - A Study on How the Recent Emergence of Mortgage Credit Companies Affects Real Interest Rates in Sweden

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Hanna Eriksson; Ludvig Höjman; [2023]
   Keywords : Mortgage credit companies; Lag 2016:1024; average mortgage interest rate; policy rate transmission;

   Abstract : This paper examines the impact of the emergence of mortgage credit companies (MCCs) on real mortgage interest rates in Sweden. Our results reveal that MCCs exert downward pressure on average mortgage interest rates for the whole market and monetary financial institutions (MFIs), with statistical significance for most interest rate fixation periods. READ MORE

6. 20. Hitting the Target: An Analysis of Inflation Targeting Policies

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Elin Roslund; Victoria Benckert; [2023]
   Keywords : Inflation Target; Inflation; Generalized Synthetic Control Method; Discretion; Taylor Rule;

   Abstract : Acknowledging that world inflation reached its highest levels in decades in 2022, this paper investigates how the adoption of an inflation targeting regime has affected the inflation level and the inflation variability for a sample of five advanced economies from 1980 until the end of 2020. This paper discusses the implications of inflation targets in relation to the relative output growth across inflation targeting and non-inflation targeting economies to further contribute to the debate about its efficacy. READ MORE