Interest rate caps can have far-reaching consequences on the composition and maturity of commercial bank loans and … caps of 2016. Using bank-level panel data from before and after the caps, the paper identifies a significant decline in … of commercial bank executives, and have important implications for economic growth and financial inclusion …

likelihood of bank distress makes banks reduce their on-balance sheet interest rate exposure and simultaneously intensify their …

average bank has a large notional amount of swaps-- $434 billion, or more than 10 times assets. But after accounting for the … significant extent to which swap positions offset each other, the average bank has essentially no net interest rate risk from … banks, with some bank swap positions decreasing and some increasing with rates, but aggregating swap positions at the level …