[10] The recent slowdown in mortgage lending is likely due to higher interest rates and banks being more cautious in the current environment, and therefore a natural market response. Of course, good policy evaluation requires good data. As part of its statutory mandate, the Bundesbank compiles monetary, financial, and foreign trade statistics.
Solow, R (1958), “Technical Progress and Production Functions: Reply”, Review of Economics and Statistics, Volume 40, Number 4, pp 411–13. 8  BIS central bankers’ speeches