The transmission of monetary policy shocks through the markets for reserves and money

This paper identifies supply and demand curves for bank reserves and a Divisia aggregate of monetary services within a structural vector autoregressive time-series model. Estimated over four sample periods spanning 1967 through 2020, the model illustrates how monetary policy actions can be interpret...

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Published inJournal of macroeconomics Vol. 80; p. 103590
Main Authors Belongia, Michael T., Ireland, Peter N.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Inc 01.06.2024
Subjects
Bank reserves
Divisia money
Monetary policy shocks
Quantitative easing
Structural VAR
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Bank reserves
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Quantitative easing
Monetary policy shocks
Divisia money
Structural VAR
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Summary:This paper identifies supply and demand curves for bank reserves and a Divisia aggregate of monetary services within a structural vector autoregressive time-series model. Estimated over four sample periods spanning 1967 through 2020, the model illustrates how monetary policy actions can be interpreted with reference to their initial impact on bank reserves and the federal funds rate and their subsequent effects on Divisia money, nominal consumption spending, the aggregate nominal price level, and the unemployment rate. Model estimates attribute strong inflationary effects to monetary policy in the late 1960s and 1970s and also show that changes in the supply of reserves associated with the Fed's large-scale asset purchases since 2008 worked, as intended, to offset deflationary pressures and reduce unemployment. The model describes a much richer monetary policy process than one focused on interest rates alone.
ISSN:0164-0704
DOI:10.1016/j.jmacro.2024.103590