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The Bank Lending Channel of Monetary Transmission; Does it Work in Turkey?
Brooks, Petya Koeva - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
play a role in Turkey's monetary transmission mechanism. Specifically, bank liquidity is found to have a significant effect … sector, depending on its liquidity position. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248226
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Republic of Armenia; Second Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Request for Waiver of Performance Criterion: Staff Report; a...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
The staff report for the Second Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility focuses on the Republic of Armenia’s economic environment and policy discussion. Financial sector reforms will focus on improving corporate governance, strengthening...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244639
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Macroeconomic Implications of Financial Dollarization; The Case of Uruguay
Gelos, Gaston; Mejía, Alejandro López; Piñón-Farah, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
Uruguay has experienced a remarkable recovery since the 2002 crisis, supported by sound policies and favorable external conditions. With the framework put in place in 2002, Uruguay abandoned an exchange rate peg in favor of a free float, adoped a monetary regime initially based on money targets,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245904
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Excess Liquidity and the Effectiveness of Monetary Policy; Evidence From Sub-Saharan Africa
Saxegaard, Magnus - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
This paper examines the pattern of excess liquidity in sub-Saharan Africa and its consequences for the effectiveness of … monetary policy. The paper argues that understanding the consequences of excess liquidity requires quantifying the extent to … which commercial bank holdings of excess liquidity exceed levels required for precautionary purposes. It proposes a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826003
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Bank Losses, Monetary Policy and Financial Stability-Evidenceon the Interplay From Panel Data
Zicchino, Lea; Nier, Erlend - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
We assess the extent to which loan losses affect banks’ provision of credit to companies and households and examine how feedback from losses to a reduction in credit is affected by the monetary policy stance. Using a unique cross-country dataset of more than 600 banks from 32 countries, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826440
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Bank Lending in Turkey; Effects of Monetary and Fiscal Policies
Aydin, Burcu; Igan, Deniz - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
this period. Using quarterly bank-level data covering 2002-08, we find evidence that liquidity-constrained banks have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008680275
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Leaning Against the Wind and the Timing of Monetary Policy
Agur, Itai; Demertzis, Maria - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
If monetary policy is to aim also at financial stability, how would it change? To analyze this question, this paper develops a general-form framework. Financial stability objectives are shown to make monetary policy more aggressive: in reaction to negative shocks, cuts are deeper but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011123848
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Monetary Policy and Bank Risk-Taking
Dell'Ariccia, Giovanni - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
This paper contributes to the current debate on what role financial stability considerations should play in monetary policy decision and how best to integrate macro-prudential and monetary policy frameworks. The paper broadly supports the view that monetary policy easing induces greater...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011123889
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Measuring and Mending Monetary Policy Effectiveness Under Capital Account Restrictions; Lessons from Mauritania
Blotevogel, Robert - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
improvements in the liquidity management framework could make monetary stimuli more effective. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242267
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Bangladesh; Financial System Stability Assessment
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
This paper reports on Bangladesh’s Financial System Stability Assessment. Considerable progress has been made in strengthening the resilience of the country's financial sector. Total assets of the banking sector have increased twofold since 2003, and credit to the private sector has risen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245298