| Title: |
Household Borrowing and Monetary Policy Transmission: Post-Pandemic Insights from Nine European Credit Registers. |
| Authors: |
De Jonghe, Olivier; Benkovskis, Konstantīns; Bielskis, Karolis; Bonfim, Diana; Bottero, Margherita; Briglevics, Tamás; Cesnak, Martin; Dirma, Mantas; Emiris, Marina; Filep-Mosberger, Pálma; Jouvanceau, Valentin; Kaiser, Nicholas; Khametshin, Dmitry; Lalinsky, Tibor; Grolmusz, Viola M.; Moretti, Laura; Nikitins, Artūrs Jānis; Nunnari, Angelo; Rodriguez-Moreno, Maria; Stefanova, Elitsa |
| Source: |
Working Papers (Bank of Latvia); 2025, Issue 9, p1-44, 91p |
| Subject Terms: |
MORTGAGE loans; CONSUMER credit; MONETARY policy; HETEROGENEITY; INTEREST rates; CREDIT bureaus; COUNTRIES |
| Geographic Terms: |
BELGIUM; HUNGARY |
| Company/Entity: |
EUROPEAN Central Bank |
| Abstract: |
We study heterogeneity in households’ credit across nine European countries (Belgium, Spain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal, and Slovakia) during 2022-2024 using granular credit register data. We first document substantial between- and within-country variation in mortgage and consumer lending by borrower age, loan maturity, and interest rate fixation. We then quantify the passthrough of the ECB’s recent tightening cycle to household borrowing costs, and assess its heterogeneous impact across households. Pass-through is nearly complete for mortgages (around 0.9) but considerably weaker for consumer credit (around 0.4). While mortgage pass-through is relatively homogeneous across countries, consumer credit shows pronounced cross-country differences that cannot be explained by borrower or loan characteristics. Younger households face stronger mortgage pass-through but weaker consumer credit pass-through relative to older borrowers, and longer maturities are associated with stronger pass-through in both credit markets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Complementary Index |