4 research idea notes tagged “monetary policy”. Read them as Markdown, JSON or an Atom feed.
Trade credit appears on 112 recent papers, but only 3 of them carry an interest-rate or monetary-policy keyword. When bank credit gets dearer, firms lean on their suppliers and delay paying them. Does trade credit carry monetary tightening down the supply chain, and who ends up financing whom?
Papers in the last 30 days — trade credit: 3 · financial constraints: 28
Deposit rates appear on only 31 recent papers, although the gap between policy rates and what banks paid savers was one of the largest transfers of the 2022–2024 tightening. How fast did deposit rates follow policy rates this time, and what made some banks pay more?
Papers in the last 30 days — deposit interest rates: 1 · bank deposits: 1
Gold and safe-haven assets appear on 172 recent papers in the finance and economics journals, almost all about gold as a hedge for investors. Only 5 carry a central-bank, reserve or sanctions keyword. Central banks have been the largest buyers of gold since 2022. Is it insurance against sanctions, and does it move the price?
Papers in the last 30 days — gold: 2 · safe-haven assets: 3
Central bank digital currencies appear on 56 recent papers in the finance and economics journals, but only 14 of them carry a deposit, bank-lending, bank-run or financial-stability keyword. Pilots now run in China, Europe and elsewhere. If people can hold central bank money directly, how much would leave banks, and when?
Papers in the last 30 days — central bank digital currency: 6 · bank deposits: 1