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title: Monetary Policy's Impact on Household Portfolios
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4699632/
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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: SSRN 4699632
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4699632
featured: 2024-01-23
citations: unknown
topic: Portfolio & Allocation
---


# Monetary Policy's Impact on Household Portfolios

Research shows that American households invest more in equities and risky assets when interest rates increase, likely to protect against inflation.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4699632
- Identifier: SSRN 4699632
- Released: 2024-01-18
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 34 (2024-01-23): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-01-23/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Portfolio & Allocation

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