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The macroeconomic effects of quantitative easing in the Euro area: Evidence from an estimated DSGE model

This paper estimates an open-economy dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model with Bayesian techniques to analyse the macroeconomic effects of the European Central Bank's (ECB's) quantitative easing (QE) programme. Using data on government debt stocks and yields across maturities, we identify the parameter governing portfolio adjustment in the private sector. Shock decompositions suggest a positive contribution of ECB QE to annual euro area output growth and inflation in 2015-16 of up to 0.3 and 0.6 percentage points (pp) in the linearised version of the model. Allowing for an occasionally binding zero-bound constraint by using piecewise linear solution techniques raises the positive impact to up to 0.7 and 0.8 pp.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Bank of Canada Staff Working Paper ; No. 2018-11

Classification
Wirtschaft
Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
Monetary Policy
Open Economy Macroeconomics
Subject
Economic models
Interest rates
Transmission of monetary policy

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Hohberger, Stefan
Priftis, Romanos
Vogel, Lukas
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Bank of Canada
(where)
Ottawa
(when)
2018

DOI
doi:10.34989/swp-2018-11
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  • Arbeitspapier

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  • Hohberger, Stefan
  • Priftis, Romanos
  • Vogel, Lukas
  • Bank of Canada

Time of origin

  • 2018

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