Abstract
The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2008 hit Denmark particularly hard. In this paper we argue that a combination of innovation in mortgage finance and the need to defend a euro-exchange rate peg was partly responsible. Sustained pressure against the Danish krone forced the central bank to increase policy interest rates consecutively in the last quarter of 2008. Monetary tightening in the midst of the GFC deepened the ongoing recession for the usual Keynesian aggregate demand reasons. Innovations in mortgage finance, which had made the economy more sensitive to changes in the policy rate, exacerbated this effect.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Comparative Economic Studies |
Volume | 57 |
Issue number | December |
Pages (from-to) | 711-734 |
ISSN | 0888-7233 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1. Dec 2015 |
Keywords
- adjustable-rate mortgages
- currency peg
- financial innovation
- global financial crisis
- great recession