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Discussion of Mian and Sufis House Price Gains and U.S. Household Spending from 2002 to 2006 Robert E. Hall Hoover Institution and Department of Economics Stanford University with help from Susan E. Woodward Lessons from the


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Discussion of Mian and Sufi’s “House Price Gains and U.S. Household Spending from 2002 to 2006”

Robert E. Hall Hoover Institution and Department of Economics Stanford University with help from Susan E. Woodward ♥ Lessons from the Financial Crisis and the Great Recession for Economic Modelling Jerusalem 19 June 2014 ·

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Two major fundamental asset classes: business assets and housing

Households own $16 trillion in corporate equity and debt

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Two major fundamental asset classes: business assets and housing

Households own $16 trillion in corporate equity and debt and $22 trillion in real estate

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Two major fundamental asset classes: business assets and housing

Households own $16 trillion in corporate equity and debt and $22 trillion in real estate Household corporate holdings are hardly leveraged at all, while real estate is heavily leveraged

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Two major fundamental asset classes: business assets and housing

Households own $16 trillion in corporate equity and debt and $22 trillion in real estate Household corporate holdings are hardly leveraged at all, while real estate is heavily leveraged Non-financial business is not very leveraged, while financial institutions have heavily leveraged portfolios of mortgage claims

  • n heavily leveraged households

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Flow of Funds Accounts: Loan-to-value ratios for household holdings of the two major asset classes

10 20 30 40 50 60 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 Loan to value ratio, percent

Homes Corporate equity and debt

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Looking more deeply into the economics

  • f the cash-oh-hand household:

Household budget constraint

0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2

Future consumption Current consumption

Saving Unsecured borrowing Borrowing

  • n house

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Cash-on-hand household

0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2

Future consumption Current consumption

Saving Unsecured borrowing Borrowing

  • n house

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Effect of lower house collateral

0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2

Future consumption Current consumption

Saving Unsecured borrowing Borrowing

  • n house

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Effect on current consumption

0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2

Future consumption Current consumption

Saving Unsecured borrowing Borrowing

  • n house

Reduction in current consumption

Choice before decline in collateral Choice after decline in collateral

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FHFA national house-price index, real

0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 9

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Data from the Survey of Consumer Finances

Broken down by actual household income

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Data from the Survey of Consumer Finances

Broken down by actual household income House values are for all households, not just homeowners ·

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House values of lowest 20 percent of households by income

0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010

Lowest 20 percent FHFA price index

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House values of households between 20th and 40th percentile

0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010

20th to 40th percentile FHFA price index

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House values of households in the top 60 percent by income

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010

Top 60 percent FHFA price index

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Observation

The income group seemingly most likely to expand home value tracked the index, while the lowest income group and the highest had value increases well above the price index ·

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Loan to value ratio, homeowners in lowest 20 percent by income

0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 15

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Loan to value ratio, homeowners in 20th to 40th percentile

0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1 2 3 4 5 6 16

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Loan to value ratio, homeowners in 40th to 60th percentile

0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1 2 3 4 5 6 17

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Loan to value ratio, homeowners in 60th to 90th percentile

0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 18

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Loan to value ratio, homeowners in 90th to 100th percentile

0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 19

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Observation

All income groups show some squeeze in 2010, in the form of rising LTVs, especially the bottom group ·

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Role of investors

Zhenyu Gao (Princeton Ph.D. student) and Wenli Li (Philadelphia Fed), “Real Estate Investors and the Boom and Bust of the US Housing Market” ·

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Investment mortgages as a percent of subprime mortgages

5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007

AZ CA FL NV US

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Investment mortgages as a percent of prime mortgages

5 10 15 20 25 30 35 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 AZ CA FL NV US

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  • bservation

Investors contributed to the leverage cycle substantially ·

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The leverage cycle, expansion phase

Real-estate prices begin to rise

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The leverage cycle, expansion phase

Real-estate prices begin to rise Consumption rises as collateral expands

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The leverage cycle, expansion phase

Real-estate prices begin to rise Consumption rises as collateral expands Households and investors bid up prices in anticipation of further appreciation

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The leverage cycle, expansion phase

Real-estate prices begin to rise Consumption rises as collateral expands Households and investors bid up prices in anticipation of further appreciation Financial institutions expand highly leveraged holdings of mortgage-based assets ·

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Contraction phase

Real-estate prices begin to fall

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Contraction phase

Real-estate prices begin to fall Consumption cut by declining collateral and repayment requirements from lenders

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Contraction phase

Real-estate prices begin to fall Consumption cut by declining collateral and repayment requirements from lenders Price decline amplified by financial squeeze

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Contraction phase

Real-estate prices begin to fall Consumption cut by declining collateral and repayment requirements from lenders Price decline amplified by financial squeeze Financial crisis as thinly capitalized banks and other institutions become insolvent because of declining value of mortgage-based collateral ·

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Shiller’s real house price since 1890

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