Financial predictors of real activity and the financial accelerator

Ashoka Mody, Mark P. Taylor

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Abstract

We document the breakdown in the term spread as a predictor of activity during the 1990s and provide the first long-horizon regression evidence that the high yield spread predicts well. The results support the presence of a US financial accelerator.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)167-172
Number of pages6
JournalEconomics Letters
Volume82
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2004
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Finance
  • Economics and Econometrics

Keywords

  • Financial accelerator
  • High yield spread

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