Mitigating the Deadly Embrace in Financial Cycles: Countercyclical Buffers and Loan-to-Value Limits

Mitigating the Deadly Embrace in Financial Cycles: Countercyclical Buffers and Loan-to-Value Limits
ISBN-10
148432305X
ISBN-13
9781484323052
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
26
Language
English
Published
2016-04-08
Publisher
International Monetary Fund
Authors
Mr.Douglas Laxton, Mr.Jaromir Benes, Mr.Joannes Mongardini

Description

This paper presents a new version of MAPMOD (Mark II) to study the effectiveness of macroprudential regulations. We extend the original model by explicitly modeling the housing market. We show how household demand for housing, house prices, and bank mortgages are intertwined in what we call a deadly embrace. Without macroprudential policies, this deadly embrace naturally leads to housing boom and bust cycles, which can be very costly for the economy, as shown by the Global Financial Crisis of 2008-09.

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