Survey data offers chance to assess eurozone macro-prudential policies, paper argues

New methodology sheds light on ‘little known’ subject, researchers say

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The International Monetary Fund

The eurozone's Bank Lending Survey (BLS) provides data that can be used to assess macro-prudential policies, a working paper from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) argues.

In Effectiveness and channels of the macroprudential instruments: lessons from the euro area, Thierry Tressel and Yuanyan Sophia Zhang point to a lack of any accepted methodology for assessing the impact of macro-prudential policies.

They argue that while these policies have been "at the forefront" of responses to recent

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