Do Central Banks React to House Prices?

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking
Year: 2013
Volume: 45
Issue: 8
Pages: 1659-1683

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

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Abstract

We estimate the Federal Reserve's, the Bank of England's, and the Bank of Japan's responses to house prices. We show that generalized method of moments estimates of a Taylor rule augmented with house prices are biased and dispersed. We then use full‐information methods and estimate the policy rule together with a VAR for the nonpolicy variables. These estimates are also biased. We propose an alternative approach and estimate a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model embedded with a monetary rule with a direct response to house prices. We find that house prices played a separate role in the reaction functions of these central banks.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:wly:jmoncb:v:45:y:2013:i:8:p:1659-1683
Journal Field
Macro
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25