Housing market dynamics and macroprudential policies. (31st July 2018)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Housing market dynamics and macroprudential policies. (31st July 2018)
- Main Title:
- Housing market dynamics and macroprudential policies
- Authors:
- Bruneau, Gabriel
Christensen, Ian
Meh, Césaire - Abstract:
- Abstract: In this paper, we analyze the implications of macroprudential and monetary policies for credit cycles, housing market stability and spillovers to consumption. We consider a countercyclical loan‐to‐value (LTV) policy that responds to a credit‐to‐income ratio, and we compare its effectiveness with a permanent tightening of the LTV ratio and a monetary policy rule that responds to credit. To this end, we construct a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model with housing market, household debt and collateral constraints, and we estimate it with Canadian data using Bayesian methods. Our study suggests that a countercyclical LTV ratio is a useful policy to reduce spillovers from the housing market into consumption and to lean against housing market boom–bust cycles. It performs better than the permanent tightening of the LTV ratio—a policy that has been used in a number of countries—and the monetary policy rule, both in terms of the stabilization of household indebtedness and spillovers into consumption. Monetary policy that leans against the wind is the least desirable due to its large adverse consequences on the real economy. Résumé: Dynamiques du marché de l'habitation et politiques macroprudentielles . Dans ce texte, les auteurs analysent les implications des politiques macroprudentielles et monétaires pour les cycles de crédit, la stabilité du marché de l'habitation, et les effets de retombée sur la consommation. On considère une politique contre‐cycliqueAbstract: In this paper, we analyze the implications of macroprudential and monetary policies for credit cycles, housing market stability and spillovers to consumption. We consider a countercyclical loan‐to‐value (LTV) policy that responds to a credit‐to‐income ratio, and we compare its effectiveness with a permanent tightening of the LTV ratio and a monetary policy rule that responds to credit. To this end, we construct a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model with housing market, household debt and collateral constraints, and we estimate it with Canadian data using Bayesian methods. Our study suggests that a countercyclical LTV ratio is a useful policy to reduce spillovers from the housing market into consumption and to lean against housing market boom–bust cycles. It performs better than the permanent tightening of the LTV ratio—a policy that has been used in a number of countries—and the monetary policy rule, both in terms of the stabilization of household indebtedness and spillovers into consumption. Monetary policy that leans against the wind is the least desirable due to its large adverse consequences on the real economy. Résumé: Dynamiques du marché de l'habitation et politiques macroprudentielles . Dans ce texte, les auteurs analysent les implications des politiques macroprudentielles et monétaires pour les cycles de crédit, la stabilité du marché de l'habitation, et les effets de retombée sur la consommation. On considère une politique contre‐cyclique prêt/valeur (P/V) qui répond à un ratio crédit/revenu, et on compare son efficacité avec une contraction permanente du ratio P/V et une politique monétaire qui répond au crédit. À cette fin, on construit un modèle d'équilibre général dynamique stochastique et qui prend en compte le marché de l'habitation, la dette des ménages et les contraintes collatérales, et on e ce modèle à l'aide de méthodes bayésiennes en utilisant des données canadiennes. L'étude suggère qu'un ratio P/V contre‐cyclique est une politique utile pour réduire les effets de retombée du marché de l'habitation sur la consommation, et pour contrer les cycles d'expansion et de contraction dans le marché de l'habitation. C'est une politique plus efficace qu'une contraction permanente de P/V – une politique qui a été utilisée dans de nombreux pays – et que la règle de politique monétaire, à la fois pour la stabilisation de l'endettement des ménages et les effets de retombée sur la consommation. La politique monétaire qui va à contre‐courant de la tendance du marché est la moins désirable à cause des conséquences néfastes importantes sur l'économie réelle. … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Canadian journal of economics. Volume 51:Number 3(2018)
- Journal:
- Canadian journal of economics
- Issue:
- Volume 51:Number 3(2018)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 51, Issue 3 (2018)
- Year:
- 2018
- Volume:
- 51
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2018-0051-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- 864
- Page End:
- 900
- Publication Date:
- 2018-07-31
- Subjects:
- Economics -- Periodicals
330 - Journal URLs:
- http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗
- DOI:
- 10.1111/caje.12346 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0008-4085
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