학술논문
The price puzzle revisited.
Document Type
Article
Author
Source
Subject
*Derivative securities
*Commercial credit
*Open market operations
*Monetary policy
Puzzles
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Language
ISSN
1350-4851
Abstract
This paper addresses the price puzzle that contractionary monetary policy increased inflation rates between 2000 and 2014 in the U.S. Previous studies tried to explain the puzzle, but we analyze it from a unique angle by tracing the credit generated by the Fed. Our findings show that the increased federal credit did not flow into business investment. Instead, U.S. financial institutions invested it in risky but profitable financial derivatives. The missing link between federal credit and business investment explains the price puzzle. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]