The global credit boom: Challenges for macroeconomics and policy

Journal of International Money and Finance

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1426-1461

  Hume, Michael ^a   Sentance, Andrew ^a  

^a BANK OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asset prices; Boom and bust; Business cycle; Credit; Financial crisis; Monetary policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 70849098765     PISSN: 02615606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jimonfin.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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