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The Working Capital Channel

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The New Keynesian model, augmented with the working capital channel, predicts that a rise in the policy rate causes firms that use more working capital to increase their prices more, and that the pass-through is gradual because of price rigidity. Using a unique dataset on firm-product-level price indices, I show that a one percentage point monetary policy shock leads to a 6 percent increase in the firm’s price and that the pass-through takes about 4 months. The pass-through in the microdata is 6 times larger than it is implemented in the supply-side block of standard New Keynesian DSGE models.

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  • Suveg, Melinda, 2023. "The Working Capital Channel," Working Paper Series 1482, Research Institute of Industrial Economics.
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    Keywords

    Working capital; Price setting; Inflation; Monetary policy; Pass-through;
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    JEL classification:

    • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
    • E37 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms

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