Safeguarding Banks and Containing Property Booms : Cross-Country Evidenceon Macroprudential Policies and Lessons From Hong Kong SAR /

We assess the effectiveness of macroprudential policies against a number of different indicators of property sector activity and financial stability. At the cross-country level the use of LTV caps decelerates property price growth. Both LTV and DTI caps slow property lending growth. LTV caps also af...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nabar, Malhar
Other Authors: Ahuja, Ashvin
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2011.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2011/284
Online Access:Full text available on IMF