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Technology Shocks and Predictable Minsky Cycles

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  • Gregory Phelan
  • Jean-Paul L’Huillier
  • Hunter Wieman

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This paper offers an economical and internally consistent model to rationalize macrofinancial boom-bust cycles. The authors present a simple model that can clarify the interaction of optimism with capital reallocation and demonstrate how this interaction can generate predictable boom-bust financial cycles. This clarification enhances our understanding of the channels through which credit markets could threaten financial stability (Working Paper no. 23-06).

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  • Gregory Phelan & Jean-Paul L’Huillier & Hunter Wieman, 2023. "Technology Shocks and Predictable Minsky Cycles," Working Papers 23-06, Office of Financial Research, US Department of the Treasury.
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    • E22 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Investment; Capital; Intangible Capital; Capacity
    • E23 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Production
    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy

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