Asymmetric Effects of Monetary Policy Easing and Tightening

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP15005

39 Pages Posted: 28 Jul 2020 Last revised: 16 Aug 2020

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Davide Debortoli

Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Department of Economics and Business; CREI; Barcelona School of Economics

Mario Forni

Università degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE) - Faculty of Business and Economics; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Luca Gambetti

University of Turin; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Luca Sala

University of Bocconi - Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER)

Date Written: July 2020

Abstract

Monetary policy easing and tightening have asymmetric effects: a policy easing has large effects on prices but small effects on real activity variables. The opposite is found for a policy tightening: large real effects but small effects on prices. Nonlinearities are estimated using a new and simple procedure based on linear Strutural Vector Autoregressions with exogenous variables (SVARX). We rationalize the result through the lens of a simple model with downward nominal wage rigidities.

Keywords: monetary policy shocks, nonlinear effects, structural VAR models

JEL Classification: C32, E32

Suggested Citation

Debortoli, Davide and Forni, Mario and Gambetti, Luca and Sala, Luca, Asymmetric Effects of Monetary Policy Easing and Tightening (July 2020). CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP15005, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3650120

Davide Debortoli (Contact Author)

Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Department of Economics and Business ( email )

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Mario Forni

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Luca Gambetti

University of Turin ( email )

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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ( email )

Luca Sala

University of Bocconi - Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER) ( email )

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