A U.S. Financial Conditions Index : Putting Credit Where Credit is Due /

This paper uses vector autoregressions and impulse-response functions to construct a U.S. financial conditions index (FCI). Credit availability-proxied by survey results on lending standards-is an important driver of the business cycle, accounting for over 20 percent of the typical contribution of f...

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Autor principal: Swiston, Andrew
Formato: Periódico
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2008.
Colecção:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2008/161
Acesso em linha:Full text available on IMF
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