Bank-Lending Standards, the Cost Channel and Inflation Dynamics
Sprache des Titels:
Englisch
Original Kurzfassung:
If firms borrow working capital to finance production, then nominal interest rates have a direct influence on inflation dynamics, which appears to be the case empirically. However, interest rates may only partly mirror the cost of working capital. In this paper we explore the role of bank lending standards as a potential additional cost source and evaluate their empirical importance in explaining inflation
dynamics in the US and in the euro area.
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