Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Fernando Avalos Author-X-Name-First: Fernando Author-X-Name-Last: Avalos Author-Name: Deniz Igan Author-X-Name-First: Deniz Author-X-Name-Last: Igan Author-Name: Cristina Manea Author-X-Name-First: Cristina Author-X-Name-Last: Manea Author-Name: Richhild Moessner Author-X-Name-First: Richhild Author-X-Name-Last: Moessner Title: Monetary policy, financial conditions and real activity: is this time different? Abstract: During the current monetary policy tightening episode, financial conditions co-moved closely with policy rates, especially in the initial stages but with some differentiation across countries. For advanced economies, the tightening of financial conditions was stronger this time than in the past, while its full impact on real activity appears to be taking longer than usual. Financial conditions may continue tightening long after central banks stop raising policy rates, with possible implications for financial stability. Length: 9 pages Creation-Date: 2023-11-23 File-URL: https://www.bis.org/publ/bisbull80.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf File-Function: Full PDF document File-URL: https://www.bis.org/publ/bisbull80.htm File-Format: text/html Number: 80 Handle: RePEc:bis:bisblt:80