Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/208245 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
ECB Working Paper No. 2211
Publisher: 
European Central Bank (ECB), Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
We propose a method to decompose net lending flows into loan origination and repayments. We show that a boom in loan origination is transmitted to repayments with a very long lag, depressing the growth rate of the stock for many periods. In the euro area, repayments of the mortgage loans granted in the boom preceding the financial crisis have been dragging down net loan growth in recent years. This concealed an increasing dynamism in loan origination, especially during the last wave of ECB's non-standard measures. Using loan origination instead of net loans has important implications for understanding macroeconomic developments. For instance, the robust developments in loan origination in recent times explain the strengthening in housing markets better than net loans. Moreover, credit supply restrictions during the crisis are estimated to be smaller. Overall, there is a premium on using loan origination and repayments in economic models, especially after large booms.
Subjects: 
new lending
loan repayments
amortisation rate
housing markets
JEL: 
E17
E44
G01
D14
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-899-3316-2
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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