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More than two years ago the European Central Bank (ECB) adopted a negative interest rate policy (NIRP) to achieve its …, interest rate cuts also weigh on bank profitability. Substantial rate cuts may at some point outweigh the benefits from higher …
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Monetary policy space remains constrained by the lower bound in many countries, limitingthe policy options available to address future deflationary shocks. The existence of cashprevents central banks from cutting interest rates much below zero. In this paper, we considerthe practical feasibility...
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Central bank liquidity lines have gained momentum since the global financial crisis as a crosscurrency liquidity … markets relative to currencies not covered by these facilities by 51 basis points. Consistent with a stylized model, bank …
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This paper discusses operational issues for countries that want to reform their monetary policy frameworks. It argues that stabilizing short-term interest rates on a day-to-day basis has significant advantages, and thus that short-term interest rates, not reserve money, in most cases should be...
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Should monetary policy use its short-term policy rate to stabilize the growth in household credit and housing prices with the aim of promoting financial stability? We ask this question for the case of Canada. We find that to a first approximation, the answer is no- especially when the economy is...
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monetary policy communications by the Central Bank of Chile (CBC). To do so, we construct indeces of monetary policy surprises …
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We present a newly developed Quarterly Projection Model (QPM) for Vietnam. This QPM represents an extended version of the canonical New Keynesian semi-structural model, accounting for Vietnam-specific factors, including a hybrid monetary policy framework. The model incorporates the array of...
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Despite closing output gaps and tightening labor markets, inflation has remained low inthe euro area. Based on an augmented Phillips Curve framework, we find that thisphenomenon-sometimes attributed to low global inflation-has been primarily causedby a remarkable persistence of inflation,...
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advanced and emerging market economies. The Reserve Bank of India’s implementation of a flexible inflation targeting framework …
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in the GCC. We use bank-level panel data, exploiting variation across banks within countries, to isolate the impact of ….S. monetary policy to liability rates than to asset rates and bank profitability, largely reflecting funding structures. In … addition, we explore the role of shifts in the quantity of bank liabilities as policy rates change and the role of large banks …
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