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Capital Inflows, Monetary Policy, and Financial Imbalances

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  • Erlend Nier
  • Ouarda Merrouche

    (EconomiX - EconomiX - UPN - Université Paris Nanterre - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

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Ahead of the global financial crisis, financial imbalances built up across advanced economies as credit grew and was increasingly funded in wholesale financial markets. This paper investigates empirically three potential drivers of the build-up of these financial imbalances: rising global imbalances (capital flows); loose monetary policy; and inadequate supervision and regulation. We perform panel data regressions for OECD countries from 1999 to 2007 to explore the relative importance of these factors. We find that differences in the build-up of wholesale-funded credit were driven by the strength of capital inflows. Moreover, we document an interaction effect, whereby the effect of inflows on the build-up was amplified where the supervisory and regulatory environment was relatively weak. In contrast, differences in monetary policy did not significantly affect differences across countries in the build-up of these financial imbalances ahead of the crisis.
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  • Erlend Nier & Ouarda Merrouche, 2017. "Capital Inflows, Monetary Policy, and Financial Imbalances," Post-Print hal-01638073, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01638073
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    1. Mr. Thorvardur Tjoervi Olafsson, 2018. "Cross-Border Credit Intermediation and Domestic Liquidity Provision in a Small Open Economy," IMF Working Papers 2018/202, International Monetary Fund.
    2. Rufus A. Ajisafe & Adekunle D. Odejide & Folorunsho M. Ajide, 2021. "Monetary Policy And Financial Stability In Nigeria," Ilorin Journal of Economic Policy, Department of Economics, University of Ilorin, vol. 8(2), pages 17-35.
    3. Retselisitsoe I. Thamae & Nicholas M. Odhiambo, 2022. "Nonlinear effects of bank regulation stringency on bank lending in selected sub-Saharan African countries," International Journal of Emerging Markets, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 19(5), pages 1219-1237, September.
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    5. Bationo, François D’Assises Babou, 2025. "Optimal credit development regimes and impact of foreign capital flows," Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 157(C).

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    • E5 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit
    • F3 - International Economics - - International Finance
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation

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