The impacts of standard monetary and budgetary policies on liquidity and financial markets: International evidence from the credit freeze crisis |
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Authors: | Marie-Hélène Gagnon Céline Gimet |
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Institution: | 1. Département de finance et assurance, Pavillon Palasis-Prince, Université Laval, Québec, Canada G1K 7P4;2. Institute of Political Studies, CHERPA, EA 4261, Aix-en-Provence, France;3. CNRS, GATE Lyon St Etienne, University of Lyon, Ecully F-69130, France |
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Abstract: | This paper evaluates the domestic and international impacts of lowering short-term interest rates and increasing budget spending on several indicators of liquidity, volatility, credit and economic activity. Data from the 2003–2011 period in the United States, the Euro zone and Canada were used to develop two SVAR models for assessing the national effectiveness and the international spillovers of monetary and budgetary policies during the credit freeze crisis. While monetary policies caused a temporary decrease in volatility and increase in liquidity in North American stock markets, the shocks were mainly domestic and ineffective at generating liquidity in the banking sector. In contrast, government spending shocks had a positive impact on credit and consumption, especially in Europe and Canada. Moreover, budgetary policies also had a positive international spillover effect on consumption and credit, especially for smaller economies such as Canada. |
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Keywords: | F42 G15 G18 |
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