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- ISSN: 18151973 (online)
- https://doi.org/10.1787/18151973
Have Long-term Financial Trends Changed the Transmission of Monetary Policy?
This paper addresses the question of whether and how long-term financial trends may have modified
the transmission mechanism from monetary policy decisions to economic activity. The focus is on longterm
changes, abstracting from the disruptions created by the 2007-08 financial turmoil which are
temporarily affecting the transmission mechanism. The first series of findings is that a number of factors
have worked to strengthen the transmission of monetary policy, including more competitive financial
markets, higher household indebtedness, greater diversity in the supply of financial products, greater
financial integration and more responsive asset pricing mechanisms. However, other factors appear to have
simultaneously gone in the direction of weakening transmission of domestic policy, including greater
external financial influences, lower exchange-rate pass-through and a broad-based shift towards fixed-rate
assets and liabilities. On balance, monetary policy appears to remain a powerful tool for guiding aggregate
demand, but a number of changes that have worked to support the strength of transmission have also
increased risks to financial stability.
Keywords: asset prices, financial innovation, financial development, regulation, transmission, monetary policy, interest rate, financial markets, house prices
JEL:
E44: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics / Money and Interest Rates / Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy;
E40: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics / Money and Interest Rates / Money and Interest Rates: General;
E52: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics / Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit / Monetary Policy;
E43: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics / Money and Interest Rates / Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects;
E58: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics / Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit / Central Banks and Their Policies;
E50: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics / Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit / Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General
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