Monetary Policy when Households have Debt: New Evidence on the Transmission Mechanism
Monetary Policy when Households have Debt: New Evidence on the Transmission Mechanism
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Oxford University Press
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Using household survey data for the U.S. and the U.K., we show that the aggregate response of consumption to interest rate changes is driven by households with a mortgage. Outright home-owners do not adjust expenditure at all while renters change their spending but by less than mortgagors. Income rises for all households as interest rate cuts direc...
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Monetary Policy when Households have Debt: New Evidence on the Transmission Mechanism
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TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_1093_restud_rdy074
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0034-6527
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1467-937X
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10.1093/restud/rdy074