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Case studies 45<br />

the historical regularities our model identifies in the pre-crisis data and the<br />

business cycle paths that we have defined.<br />

Figure 4.6 Conditional forecast – recession 2007-08<br />

Conditional Forecast −− Recession 2007−2008<br />

950<br />

Consumption<br />

1195<br />

Employment<br />

400<br />

S&L Gov Saving<br />

970<br />

Real GDP<br />

500<br />

Fed Gov Saving<br />

940<br />

930<br />

920<br />

1190<br />

1185<br />

1180<br />

200<br />

0<br />

965<br />

960<br />

0<br />

−500<br />

−1000<br />

910<br />

2006 2009 2012<br />

1175<br />

2006 2009 2012<br />

−200<br />

2006 2009 2012<br />

955<br />

2006 2009 2012<br />

−1500<br />

2006 2009 2012<br />

780<br />

NR Priv Inv<br />

750<br />

R Priv Inv<br />

14<br />

HH Debt/PI<br />

640<br />

House Prices<br />

750<br />

HH Savings<br />

760<br />

740<br />

720<br />

700<br />

650<br />

600<br />

12<br />

10<br />

620<br />

600<br />

580<br />

700<br />

650<br />

700<br />

2006 2009 2012<br />

550<br />

2006 2009 2012<br />

8<br />

2006 2009 2012<br />

560<br />

2006 2009 2012<br />

600<br />

2006 2009 2012<br />

1000<br />

HH Credit Liab<br />

940<br />

NFC Credit Liab<br />

1020<br />

Fin Bus Credit Liab<br />

550<br />

CPI<br />

900<br />

HH Assets/PI<br />

980<br />

960<br />

920<br />

900<br />

880<br />

1000<br />

980<br />

960<br />

540<br />

530<br />

800<br />

700<br />

940<br />

2006 2009 2012<br />

860<br />

2006 2009 2012<br />

940<br />

2006 2009 2012<br />

520<br />

2006 2009 2012<br />

600<br />

2006 2009 2012<br />

10<br />

IR 3m<br />

10<br />

IR 10y<br />

850<br />

SP500<br />

5<br />

0<br />

−5<br />

5<br />

0<br />

800<br />

750<br />

700<br />

True<br />

Cond. Forecast<br />

−10<br />

2006 2009 2012<br />

−5<br />

2006 2009 2012<br />

650<br />

2006 2009 2012<br />

Some of the variables considered show no significant difference between<br />

the counterfactual and the realised paths (both paths are within the bands of<br />

the counterfactual distribution). These are all the macroeconomic variables,<br />

stock prices (with the exception of 2008) and the liabilities of non-financial<br />

corporations. Notwithstanding their volatility since the crisis, their dynamics are<br />

not ‘exceptional’ in the sense that they correspond to their historical association<br />

with nominal GDP. This is not the case for variables related to housing (nonresidential<br />

investment and housing prices), variables related to household net<br />

worth (the ratio of household assets to personal income, household liabilities,<br />

the ratio of household debt service payments to disposable income), variables<br />

related to the fiscal stance (government savings during the recession years), the<br />

liabilities of financial businesses, and nominal interest rates until late 2011.<br />

According to our metric of what constitutes an ‘exceptional adjustment’,<br />

there is a clear difference between household and financial institutions on one<br />

hand, and non-financial corporations on the other. While the former sectors<br />

have engaged in a sharp and ‘exceptional’ deleveraging process, the latter has<br />

not. Household deleveraging has taken place in association with an exceptional

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