We study overnight interbank interest rates paid by banks in Norway over the period 2006-2009. We observe large … variations in interest rates across banks and over time. During the financial crisis, the interest rates are found to be … substantially below indicative quotes of interest rates provided by major banks. Our econometric model attributes the interest rate …

identifying a host of factors that are likely to influence customer confidence in commercial banks such as average income …

The paper establishes that sovereigns, like banks, need a lender of last resort (LoLR). In the euro area the ECB, with … purchase periphery sovereign debt in the primary issue markets. The other half has been financial repression requiring banks in …, through loans by the national central banks to the IMF which on-lends them to these sovereigns. We recommend that, to increase …

This paper probes the role of banks and credit in our socio-economic system using the metaphor of banks as social … and debt growth, the paper also discusses the role of banks and regulators in facilitating the boom. It identifies three …

results suggest that banks fully adjust their loan interest rates to a change in the monetary policy rate, but we also observe …

Building on a new dataset on Italian banks and other financial corporations from 1861 to 2011, the novelty of this … paper is to examine the patterns of the main items of bank’s balance sheets, such as deposits, capital and reserves, bonds … savings, State ownership of banks, and bank interest rates is also studied. …