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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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bank interest rates in India. There is evidence of asymmetric adjustment to monetary policy: the lending rate adjusts more …
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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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In this paper, we investigate how negative interest rate policy (NIRP) introduced in January2016 by the Bank of Japan …
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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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expectations, challenge the Bank of Japan's efforts to reflate the economy. This paper uses a semi-structural model to estimate the …
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an interbank rate as an operational target and suggest that the central bank could reduce uncertainty in short …
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curves and an inability to offer deposit rates significantly below zero combine to compress bank earnings in this environment …
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We study the transmission of changes in the believed location of the lower bound to long-term interest rates since the introduction of negative interest rate policies. The expectations hypothesis of the term structure combined with a lower bound on policy rates suggests that normal policy...
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This paper reviews the impact of interest rate controls in Kenya, introduced in September 2016. The intent of the controls was to reduce the cost of borrowing, expand access to credit, and increase the return on savings. However, we find that the law on interest rate controls has had the...
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