The effects of the saving and banking glut on the U.S. economy

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We use a quantitative equilibrium model with houses, collateralized debt and foreign borrowing to study the impact of global imbalances on the U.S. economy in the 2000s. Our results suggest that the dynamics of foreign capital flows account for between one fourth and one third of the increase in U.S. house prices and household debt that preceded the financial crisis. The key to these findings is that the model generates the sustained low level of interest rates observed over that period.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Paper ; No. 2013-17

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy: General (includes Measurement and Data) ; Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity ; Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy ; Current Account Adjustment; Short-term Capital Movements ; Banks; Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
• Subject: financial crisis ; housing prices ; household debt ; Private Verschuldung ; Hypothek ; Leistungsbilanz ; Kapitalimport ; Immobilienpreis ; Spekulationsblase ; Finanzkrise ; USA

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Justiniano, Alejandro ; Primiceri, Giorgio E. ; Tambalotti, Andrea
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
• (where): Chicago, IL
• (when): 2013

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/96653
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET