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Credit spread and monetary policy

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We show that the spread-adjusted Taylor rule including a response to the credit spread is a theoretically optimal monetary policy under heterogeneous loan contracts. However, the optimal response to the credit spread is ambiguous, given the financial market structure.

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  • Teranishi, Yuki, 2012. "Credit spread and monetary policy," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 114(1), pages 26-28.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:114:y:2012:i:1:p:26-28
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.08.022
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    Keywords

    Credit spread; Optimal monetary policy; Heterogeneous loan contracts;
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    JEL classification:

    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy

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