Exploring BIS credit-to-GDP gap critiques: the Swiss case

Abstract A growing body of literature has highlighted two important caveats to the credit-to-GDP gap as advocated by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). The first relates to the approach used to normalise credit (i.e. dividing nominal credit by GDP). In this regard, critics have argued tha...

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Main Authors: Terhi Jokipii, Reto Nyffeler, Stéphane Riederer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-10-01
Series:Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41937-021-00073-1