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House Prices and Stock Prices: Different Roles in the US Monetary Transmission Mechanism *

House Prices and Stock Prices: Different Roles in the US Monetary Transmission Mechanism * We analyze the role of house prices and stock prices in the monetary‐policy transmission mechanism in the US, using a structural vector autoregressive model. If we allow the interest rate and asset prices to react simultaneously to news, we find different roles for house prices and stock prices in the monetary transmission mechanism. Following a contractionary monetary‐policy shock, stock prices fall immediately, while the response in house prices is more gradual. Regarding the systematic response in monetary policy, stock prices play a more important role than house prices. As a consequence, house prices contribute more than stock prices to fluctuations in gross domestic product and inflation. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Scandinavian Journal of Economics Wiley

House Prices and Stock Prices: Different Roles in the US Monetary Transmission Mechanism *

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Wiley
Copyright
© 2013 the editors of The Scandinavian Journal of Economics .
ISSN
0347-0520
eISSN
1467-9442
DOI
10.1111/sjoe.12031
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Abstract

We analyze the role of house prices and stock prices in the monetary‐policy transmission mechanism in the US, using a structural vector autoregressive model. If we allow the interest rate and asset prices to react simultaneously to news, we find different roles for house prices and stock prices in the monetary transmission mechanism. Following a contractionary monetary‐policy shock, stock prices fall immediately, while the response in house prices is more gradual. Regarding the systematic response in monetary policy, stock prices play a more important role than house prices. As a consequence, house prices contribute more than stock prices to fluctuations in gross domestic product and inflation.

Journal

The Scandinavian Journal of EconomicsWiley

Published: Oct 1, 2013

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