assesses the effect of the NIRP on the net interest rate margins of the euro area banks using quarterly consolidated bank level … policy rates. The econometric results confirm the effect of the interest rate level on bank profitability and, in some … specifications, also suggest an additional negative effect on bank profitability in the period of negative euro area short …

European bank equity values - an effect that is normally positive - has become negative since interest rates in the euro area …

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 …

how the transmission depends on bank balance sheets, and how this changes once policy rates become negative. We review the …