Financial stress and economic dynamics: The case of France

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Abstract

In this paper, we develop a financial stress index (FSI) that can be used as a real-time composite indicator for the state of financial stability. We take 17 financial variables from different market segments and extract a common stress component using a dynamic approximate factor model. We estimate the model with a combined maximum-likelihood and Expectation-Maximization algorithm allowing for mixed frequencies and an arbitrary pattern of missing data. Using a Markov-Switching Bayesian vector autoregressions (MS-BVAR), we show that while episodes of high financial stress are associated with significantly lower economic activity, episodes of low financial stress regime are negligible with respect to economic dynamics. The financial stress index can be used to gauge the stability of the French financial sector.

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Aboura, S., & Roye, B. van. (2017). Financial stress and economic dynamics: The case of France. International Economics, 149, 57–73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inteco.2016.11.001

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