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

    Keywords

    • Financial accelerator
    • High yield spread

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