OPTIMAL MONETARY POLICY AND IMPERFECT FINANCIAL MARKETS: A CASE FOR NEGATIVE NOMINAL INTEREST RATES?

This article studies optimal monetary policy in a model with credit frictions and money demand. We show that augmenting a standard New Keynesian model with money demand and financial frictions generates a mechanism that, in equilibrium, gives rise to optimal negative nominal interest rates. In addit...

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Publicado en:Economic Inquiry Vol. 54; no. 1; pp. 215 - 229
Autores principales: Abo‐Zaid, Salem, Garín, Julio
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Jan2016
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          Abo‐Zaid, Salem
          Garín, Julio
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          Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX, 79409
          Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Georgia, Athens GA, 30602
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        Keynesian economics
        Monetary policy
        Credit management
        Interest rates
        Capital market
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          Keynesian economics
          Other Activities Related to Credit Intermediation
          Monetary policy
          Credit management
          Interest rates
          Capital market
      ab: This article studies optimal monetary policy in a model with credit frictions and money demand. We show that augmenting a standard New Keynesian model with money demand and financial frictions generates a mechanism that, in equilibrium, gives rise to optimal negative nominal interest rates. In addition, we find that the tighter credit markets are, the lower the optimal nominal policy interest rate and the more likely it is to be negative. Quantitatively, when credit constraints are binding, a standard calibration of the model generates an optimal nominal policy interest rate that is roughly −4% annually. ( JEL E31, E41, E43, E44, E52, E58)
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