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The Lasting Damage from the Financial Crisis to U.S. Productivity

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  • Willem Van Zandweghe

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Michael Redmond and Willem Van Zandweghe find that tight credit conditions during the 2007?09 financial crisis dampened productivity, leaving it on a lower trajectory. The article is summarized in The Macro Bulletin.

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  • Michael Redmond & Willem Van Zandweghe, 2016. "The Lasting Damage from the Financial Crisis to U.S. Productivity," Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, issue Q I, pages 39-64.
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    Keywords

    Productivity; Financial Crisis; Recession;
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    JEL classification:

    • G01 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Financial Crises
    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity

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