01653cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF018230 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781484339671 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Kirti, Divya. Lending Standards and Output Growth / Divya Kirti. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018. 1 online resource (76 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students While some credit booms are followed by economic underperformance, many are not. Can lending standards help separate good credit booms from bad credit booms contemporaneously? To observe lending standards internationally, I use information from primary debt capital markets. I construct the high-yield (HY) share of bond issuance for a panel of 38 countries. The HY share is procyclical, suggesting that lending standards in bond markets are extrapolative. Credit booms with deteriorating lending standards (rising HY share) are followed by lower GDP growth in the subsequent three to four years. Such booms deserve attention from policy makers. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2018/023 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2018/023/001.2018.issue-023-en.xml IMF e-Library