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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