- Additional Authors
- Sutherland, Douglas.
- Description
- 44 p.; 21 x 29.7cm.
- Summary
- This paper takes a fresh look at the nature of financial and real business cycles in OECD countries using annual data series and shorter quarterly and monthly economic indicators. It first analyses the main characteristics of the cycle, including the length, amplitude, asymmetry and changes of these parameters during expansions and contractions. It then studies the degree of economic and financial cycle synchronisation between OECD countries but also of economic and financial variables within a given country, and gauges the extent to which cycle synchronisation changed over time. Finally, the paper provides some new evidence on the drivers of the great moderation and analyses the banking sector's pro-cyclicality by using aggregate and bank-level data. The main findings show that the amplitude of the real business cycle was becoming smaller during the great moderation, but asset price cycles were becoming more volatile. In part this was linked to developments in the banking sector which tended to accentuate pro-cyclical behaviour.
- Series Statement
- OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.938
- Uniform Title
- OECD Economics Department Working Papers, no.938.
- Subject
- Economics
- LCCN
- 10.1787/5k9h28k3gt24-en
- OCLC
- oecd-lib
- Author
Égert, Balázs.
- Title
The Nature of Financial and Real Business Cycles [electronic resource]: The Great Moderation and Banking Sector Pro-Cyclicality / Balázs Égert and Douglas Sutherland
- Imprint
Paris : OECD Publishing, 2012.
- Series
OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.938
OECD Economics Department Working Papers, 1815-1973 ; no.938.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Economics
- Added Author
Sutherland, Douglas.
- Other Standard Identifier
10.1787/5k9h28k3gt24-en doi