We analyze the profitability of FX swaps used by the central bank of Brazil to shed light on the rationale for FX …

productivity lag in the government sectors of Canada, Japan, and the United States, but not those of France, Italy, or the United …

sectoral business cycle sensitivity affected corporate profitability during the recovery period of the global financial crisis … (GFC). Using cross-sectional analyses, our findings indicate that corporate profitability improved significantly after the … be significant in explaining changes in corporate profitability …

We analyze how bank profitability impacts financial stability from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. We … first develop a theoretical model of the relationship between bank profitability and financial stability by exploring the … empirical determinants of bank risks and profitability, and how the level and the source of bank profitability affect risks for …

This paper explores the determinants of profitability across large euro area banks using a novel approach based on … conditional profitability distributions. Real GDP growth and the NPL ratio are shown to be the most reliable determinants of bank … profitability. However, the estimated conditional distributions reveal that, while higher growth would raise profits on average, a …