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title: Prices and Monetary Policy: The Role of Financial Constraints
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/repec/hhs-rbnkwp-0468/
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updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
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identifier: RePEc:hhs:rbnkwp:0468
source_url: https://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:hhs:rbnkwp:0468
featured: 2026-09-25
citations: unknown
topic: Macro-Finance & Rates
---


# Prices and Monetary Policy: The Role of Financial Constraints

Swedish data reveals that financially constrained firms adjust prices less to monetary shocks, materially dampening aggregate inflation response to policy changes.

- Source: https://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:hhs:rbnkwp:0468
- Identifier: RePEc:hhs:rbnkwp:0468
- Released: 2026-09-14
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 132 (2026-09-25): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2026-09-25/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Macro-Finance & Rates
- Authors: Bauer, Michael, Czarnota, Alexander, Klein, Mathias

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