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introduced two parallel discussions surrounding the viability of widespread adoption of central bank digital currencies (CBDC … Central Bank an additional tool for monetary policy …
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Using an event-study design, we investigate monetary policy interest-rate-to-performance sensitivity of the European banking sector over the 07/2012-06/2017 period when interest rates were (close to) zero. We apply the Wordscores approach to introductory statements of ECB's Governing Council...
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the macroeconomic impact of rate forward guidance (FG) in an environment of large central bank balance sheets. The … bank balance sheets. …
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This paper provides an overview of the operational implementation of negative interest rates in Europe and Japan. Drawing attention to the fact that there is precedent for negative policy rates and negative money market rates, the paper addresses conceptual issues and summarizes measures which...
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Starting in June 2014, the European Central Bank (ECB) stepped up its monetary accommodation in order to counter a too …
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how the transmission depends on bank balance sheets, and how this changes once policy rates become negative. We review the …
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European bank equity values - an effect that is normally positive - has become negative since interest rates in the euro area …
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The paper examines the bank lending activities of banks in a low interest rate environment. External financing of small …- and medium-sized enterprises in the euro area primarily takes place via bank loans and not through capital markets. Based … on the Bankscope database, bank balance sheet data is utilized. Control variables are included, such as for the system of …
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interest margin (NIM) and its components, retail lending and retail deposit rates. Using two proprietary bank-level data sets …
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Negative monetary policy rates are associated with a particular friction because the remuneration of retail deposits tends to be floored at zero. We investigate whether this friction affects banks’ reactions when the policy rate is lowered to negative levels, compared to a standard rate cut in...
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