Drawing from a unique data set comprising 2,893 banks and 152 countries over the period 1987 to 2000, we test whether …

This paper studies why currency and monetary shock hit Indonesia's economy and banking sector so severely and the … measures that were taken to deal with the banking crisis, the lessons learned, and challenges faced in restructuring and … strengthening the banking system. The vulnerable state of the banking sector, in combination with exchange rate and interest rate …

lending rates. The data presented in the paper suggest that large banks would on average need to increase their equity …-to-asset ratio by 1.3 percentage points under the Basel III framework. GMM estimations indicate that this would lead large banks to …

We present evidence of a risk-taking channel of monetary policy for the U.S. banking system. We use confidential data … on the internal ratings of U.S. banks on loans to businesses over the period 1997 to 2011 from the Federal Reserve …’s survey of terms of business lending. We find that ex-ante risk taking by banks (as measured by the risk rating of the bank’s …

interest rates and banking risk is more complex. Ultimately, it depends on how much skin in the game banks have. The central … view that monetary policy easing induces greater risk-taking by banks but also shows that the relationship between real … message of the paper is broadly complementary to those in the recent MCM board paper “Central Banking Lessons from the …

The typical portrait of monetary policy has the banks and the money supply being manipulated through changes in bank … of how monetary policy influences banks is needed. Over the last decade, capital requirements have effectively replaced … reserve requirements as the main constraint on the behavior of banks. This paper explores the implications of Basel capital …

. Progress has been made toward stronger pan-European approaches. Moving banks and sovereigns jointly to safety is essential …

stronger external environment. Efforts to consolidate public finances and repair the banking system began strengthening …