Are Real Wages Procyclical Conditional on a Monetary Policy Shock?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eunseong Ma
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Real Wages ◽  
Monetary Policy Shock

scholarly journals The Missing Link: Monetary Policy and The Labor Share

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristiano Cantore ◽  
Filippo Ferroni ◽  
Miguel León-Ledesma
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
The United States ◽  
New Keynesian ◽  
Great Moderation ◽  
Real Wages ◽  
Present Evidence ◽  
Labor Share ◽  
Nk Model ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Monetary Policy Shock

Abstract The textbook New Keynesian (NK) model implies that the labor share is procyclical conditional on a monetary policy shock. We present evidence that a monetary policy tightening robustly increased the labor share and decreased real wages during the Great Moderation period in the United States, the Euro Area, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada. We show that this is inconsistent not only with the basic NK model, but also with medium-scale NK models commonly used for monetary policy analysis and where it is possible to break the direct link between the labor share and the inverse markup. Our results imply that either NK models are unable to separate the dynamics of the labor share from the markup or markups do not respond in the way NK models predict.

scholarly journals Real wages and monetary policy: a DSGE approach

2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 734-752
Author(s):  
Bryan Perry ◽  
Kerk Phillips ◽  
David E. Spencer
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Real Wage ◽  
Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium ◽  
Monetary Shocks ◽  
Real Wages ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Real ◽  
Dynamic Stochastic ◽  
Monetary Policy Shock ◽  
Parameter Values

Purpose – Studies of the cyclical behavior of real wages have identified monetary shocks and examined the response of real wages and output or employment. A finding that real wages are procyclical in response to a positive monetary policy shock is taken as evidence that prices are stickier than wages. The purpose of this paper is to show that factors other than wage and price stickiness affect the response of real wages to a monetary policy shock. Design/methodology/approach – The authors simulate two prominent dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models under a variety of parameter values and examine the cyclicality of the real wage. Findings – The authors offer robust evidence that the real wage response to monetary policy is affected in important ways by properties of the economy other than stickiness of wages and prices, such as the importance of intermediate goods in the production process and the size of key elasticities. Consequently, the authors cannot appropriately infer the relative stickiness of wages and prices from examining only the response of real wages to a monetary policy shock. Originality/value – The authors show in this study that examining the response of real wages is not enough to sort out the relative stickiness of prices and wages.

scholarly journals Real Wages and Monetary Policy: A DSGE Approach

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryan Perry ◽  
Kerk Phillips ◽  
David E. Spencer
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Real Wages

scholarly journals Spillovers of US Conventional and Unconventional Monetary Policies to Russian Financial Markets

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shigeki Ono
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Financial Markets ◽  
Interest Rates ◽  
Stock Prices ◽  
Monetary Policy Shocks ◽  
Federal Funds Rate ◽  
Monetary Policies ◽  
Endogenous Variables ◽  
Policy Shocks ◽  
Monetary Policy Shock

This paper investigates the spillovers of US conventional and unconventional monetary policies to Russian financial markets using VAR-X models. Impulse responses to an exogenous Federal Funds rate shock are assessed for all the endogenous variables. The empirical results show that both conventional and unconventional tightening monetary policy shocks decrease stock prices whereas an easing monetary policy shock does not increase stock prices. Moreover, the results suggest that an unconventional tightening monetary policy shock increases Russian interest rates and decreases oil prices, implying reduced liquidity in international financial markets.

Three essays on China's housing market, monetary policy and macroeconomy

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Yifeng Jia
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Policy ◽  
Housing Market ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
House Price ◽  
Housing Price ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Heterogeneous Effects ◽  
Price Appreciation ◽  
Economic Stimulus ◽  
Monetary Policy Shock

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation studies China's housing market and macroeconomic activity with a strong focus on the role of monetary policy behind the markets. The first two chapters concentrate on the house price dynamics in China. Chapter 1 examines the in influence of monetary policy on China's housing price fluctuation by estimating a VAR model with China's aggregated house price data from 1998Q1 to 2015Q4. The monetary policy shock is identify ed by the sign restriction approach following Uhlig (2005), with the identification assumptions extended to three common policy instruments utilized by the central bank of China: interest rate, required reserve ratio and M2. The results suggest a negative impact of a contractionary monetary policy shock on the house price, and M2 tends to be the most effective monetary instruments in terms of policy transmission. The framework is also extended to examine the link between China's 2008 government economic stimulus plan and the subsequent house price appreciation. The obtained evidence suggests that the economic stimulus props up the house price, but its contribution to the post-2008 house price appreciation is not as prominent as indicated by other relevant studies. However, this discrepancy may be explained by the heterogeneous effects of the stimulus policy on local housing markets across China

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