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Credit Risk in the Euro Area

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  • Simon Gilchrist
  • Benoit Mojon

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We construct credit risk indicators for euro area banks and non†financial corporations. These indicators reveal that the financial crisis of 2008 dramatically increased the cost of market funding for both banks and non†financial firms. In contrast, the prior recession following the 2000 US dot†com bust led to widening credit spreads of non†financial firms but had no effect on the credit spreads of financial firms. The 2008 financial crisis also led to a systematic divergence in credit spreads for financial firms across national boundaries. Credit spreads provide substantial predictive content for real activity and lending measures for the euro area as a whole and for individual countries.

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  • Simon Gilchrist & Benoit Mojon, 2018. "Credit Risk in the Euro Area," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 128(608), pages 118-158, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:econjl:v:128:y:2018:i:608:p:118-158
    DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12427
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    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • E43 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects
    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy

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