Brown Bag seminar in Economics | Monetary policy and housing market dynamics
Welcome to Brown Bag Seminar in Economics organized by the Department of Economics, SSE. The seminar speaker is Giovanni Cocilovo presenting "Monetary Policy and Housing Market Dynamics".
Giovanni Cocilovo is a PhD candidate at the Stockholm School of Economics, currently visiting the Department of Economics of the University of Oxford. Giovanni's research interests encompass macroeconomics, monetary economics, central banking, and financial markets.
Giovanni will present "Monetary Policy and Housing Market Dynamics".
Abstract
Following the current Covid crisis, which prompted supply chain disruptions and GDP loss, most of western countries are experiencing unusually high inflation rates. To keep prices at a sustainable level, central banks are evaluating the possibility of rising interest rates, after a prolonged period of near-zero rate policies. However, present and future homeowners are worried that such decision may negatively affect their ability of taking and/or repaying their mortgages. My research investigates how the real estate and loan markets may be affected by a restrictive monetary policy.
This seminar will be held online via Zoom.
Please contact kristen.pendleton@hhs.se for the Zoom link or if you have other questions.