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We study the impact of macroprudential capital buffers on banking groups' lending and risk-taking decisions, also … buffers, subsidiaries deleverage lending and risk-taking towards non-financial corporations and marginally expanded lending … affiliated banks' lending activity. Therefore, to ensure the effectiveness of macroprudential policy, it is essential that …
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This paper examines the effectiveness of macroprudential regulations in promoting bank stability and credit in the Kenyan financial system. The study uses bank-level and nonbank credit data for the period 2001-2019 and applies a panel estimation methodology to achieve its objectives. The study...
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Financial intermediaries issue the majority of liquid securities, and nonfinancial firms have become net savers, holding intermediaries' debt as cash. This paper shows that intermediaries' liquidity creation stimulates growth -- firms hold their debt for unhedgeable investment needs -- but also...
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We develop a model to explain a puzzling trend in cash demand in recent years: the value of bank notes in circulation as a percentage of GDP has remained stable despite decreasing cash usage at points of sale owing to competition from alternative means of payment such as credit cards. The main...
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Ever since the Great Financial Crisis, if not before, it has become clear that there are complex interactions between the real and nominal sectors of the economy. When do monetary and financial policy goals conflict with each other? When is monetary policy a complement to or a substitute for...
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This paper studies a modern monetary economy: trade in both goods and securities relies on money provided by intermediaries. While money is valued for its liquidity, its creation requires costly leverage. Inflation, security prices and the transmission of monetary policy then depend on the...
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In 2016, corporate credit exposure growth rates dropped to zero. Origination of new loans declined against the volumes of economic activity. In recent months, a reduction of past-due payment was observed across all loan categories
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In 2016, the volume of bank lending resumed growth. However, its level remains below the 2014 indicators and is … insufficient to curtail the reduction of the population's loan debt volumes. There is a shift in the retail bank lending debt …
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New parameters of retail lending continue to recover in 2017 amid interest rate cuts. However, the effects of the …
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