Corporate credit lines are drawn more heavily when funding markets are more stressed. This covariance elevates expected … bank funding costs. We show that credit supply is dampened by the associated debt-overhang cost to bank shareholders. Until … 2022, this impact was reduced by linking the interest paid on lines to credit-sensitive reference rates such as LIBOR. We …

We explore the structural drivers of bank and nonbank credit cycles using an estimated medium-scale macro model that … potentially drive bank and nonbank credit growth. We find that sectoral shocks affecting the balance sheets of entrepreneurs who … borrow from the financial sector are important for the business cycle frequency fluctuations in bank and nonbank credit …