Review of the Bank of Russia – NES workshop ‘Identification and measurement of macroprudential policies’ effects’

Abstract

In the first week of June 2021, the Bank of Russia and the New Economic School hosted a joint international online workshop titled ‘Identification and Measurement of Macroprudential Policies Effects’. Participants’ presentations suggest that macroprudential policy measures against high-risk lending produce their intended effects, but also, as a rule, bring about side effects. These effects may include a reduction in low-risk loan disbursements, if such measures are disincentivising in nature (as in Russia), or, vice versa, significant growth in the portfolio of low-risk loans, if the macroprudential tools are of a restrictive nature (as in Switzerland and Ireland).