Ralf R. Meisenzahl

 Senior Economist & Research Advisor
 Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
​[my official webpage] [my CV​]​
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Research Interests
Financial Economics, Macroeconomics, Economic History

Recent Research​

​The Dollar and Corporate Borrowing Costs
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​We show that changes in the U.S. dollar during the leveraged loan book building process affect U.S. corporate borrowing costs, consistent with the view that the U.S. dollar transmits global shocks to the U.S. economy. [link]

Nonbanks, Banks, and Monetary Policy:
​U.S. Loan-Level Evidence since the 1990s
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We analyze the effects of monetary policy on banks and nonbank credit intermediaries and find that the bank lending channel and the bank risk taking channel of monetary policy depend on the market penetration by nonbanks. [link]

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