American Economic Journal:
Macroeconomics
ISSN 1945-7707 (Print) | ISSN 1945-7715 (Online)
The Transmission of Monetary Policy Shocks
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics
vol. 13,
no. 3, July 2021
(pp. 74–107)
(Complimentary)
Abstract
Commonly used instruments for the identification of monetary policy disturbances are likely to combine the true policy shock with information about the state of the economy due to the information disclosed through the policy action. We show that this signaling effect of monetary policy can give rise to the empirical puzzles reported in the literature, and propose a new high-frequency instrument for monetary policy shocks that accounts for informational rigidities. We find that a monetary tightening is unequivocally contractionary, with deterioration of domestic demand, labor and credit market conditions as well as of asset prices and agents' expectations.Citation
Miranda-Agrippino, Silvia, and Giovanni Ricco. 2021. "The Transmission of Monetary Policy Shocks." American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 13 (3): 74–107. DOI: 10.1257/mac.20180124Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- D82 Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- D84 Expectations; Speculations
- E32 Business Fluctuations; Cycles
- E43 Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects
- E52 Monetary Policy
- E58 Central Banks and Their Policies
- G12 Equities; Fixed Income Securities