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Business Liquidity, Consumer Liquidity, and Monetary Policy

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  • Chao He

    (East China Normal University)

  • Min Zhang

    (East China Normal University)

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Existing studies of liquidity either focus on firms or consumers. However, both hold significant cash, and firms' share increased since the '90s and fell after the 07-08 financial crisis. We propose a theory of how endogenous investment liquidity and consumption liquidity compete and interact. The consumption-investment liquidity allocation (CILA) channel amplifies the effect of monetary policy on unemployment, as it accounts for 40 percent of the effect in the calibrated model. We also show that a lower nominal interest rate directs relatively more cash to firms, whereas financial frictions induce the opposite and high unemployment, consistent with the observed patterns.

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  • Chao He & Min Zhang, 2019. "Business Liquidity, Consumer Liquidity, and Monetary Policy," 2019 Meeting Papers 869, Society for Economic Dynamics.
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