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Highway to the Danger Zone: die Gefahren des Niedrigzinses nehmen zu

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  • Andreas Bley
  • Jan Philip Weber

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For more than seven years interest rates have remained on historically low levels. Yet both credit growth and the housing market in Germany have only moderately responded to the low financing costs so far. It is still too early, however, to give the all-clear. Often, risks build up slowly on financial markets. It is difficult to fight these destabilising processes once they are set in motion. In the context of a persistent loose monetary policy, economic policy should enhance structural factors and policies that dampen the risk of escalating prices and credit expansion on the German housing market. Die Zinsen befinden sich in Deutschland seit mehr als sieben Jahren auf einem historisch niedrigen Niveau. Der Umstand, dass bislang sowohl die Kreditvergabe als auch der Immobilienmarkt als wichtigster Vermögensmarkt moderat auf die historisch niedrigen Zinsen reagiert haben, ist kein Grund zur Entwarnung. Finanzstabilitätsrisiken bauen sich oft erst langsam auf. Wenn sich destabilisierende Prozesse erst aufgeschaukelt haben, sind sie schwer wieder zu stoppen. Die Wirtschaftspolitik sollte in dem Umfeld einer dauerhaft extrem lockeren Geldpolitik in den kommenden Jahren Strukturen fördern und bewahren, die den aktuellen Aufschwung am Immobilienmarkt nicht zu einem systemischen Risiko werden lassen oder eine ausufernde Kreditvergabe begünstigen.

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  • Andreas Bley & Jan Philip Weber, 2016. "Highway to the Danger Zone: die Gefahren des Niedrigzinses nehmen zu," Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly Journal of Economic Research, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, vol. 85(1), pages 31-44.
  • Handle: RePEc:diw:diwvjh:85-1-3
    DOI: 10.3790/vjh.85.1.31
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    Keywords

    Credit; monetary policy; financial markets and the macroeconomy; housing demand; housing supply and markets;
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    JEL classification:

    • E51 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Money Supply; Credit; Money Multipliers
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
    • R21 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Housing Demand
    • R31 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location - - - Housing Supply and Markets

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