This paper develops an analytically tractable Bewley model of money demand to shed light on some important questions in monetary theory, such as the welfare cost of inflation. It is shown that when money is a vital form of liquidity to meet uncertain consumption needs, the welfare costs of...

An economy is in a liquidity trap when monetary policy cannot influence either real or nominal variables of interest. A necessary condition for this is that the short nominal interest rate is constrained by its lower bound, typically zero. The paper considers two small analytical models, one...

The trends towards slower growth rate and deterioration of the quality the retail credit portfolio continued in May 2014. Additionally, state-run banks kept strengthening their position in this segment of the banking service market. The banking business’s profi tability kept declining....

This paper deals with Russia's banking sector in 2013. The author focuses on relationship between banks and corporate customers, foreign transactions in the banking sector, banking regulation

Bu çalışmanın amacı, Keynes’in Finans Motifiyle Para Talebi Kuramı’yla iktisat yazınına yaptığı katkıları ve başlayan yeni tartışmaları incelemektir. Keynes, 1937 yılında yayımladığı çalışmalarında, yatırım harcamaları henüz tamamlanmadan ve bu harcamalar...

This paper analyzes optimal monetary policy in a standard New-Keynesian model augmented with a financial sector. The banks in the model are subject to shocks which impede their ability and willingness to produce financial assets. We show these financial market supply shocks decrease both the...

In August 2013, Russia’s banking sector witnessed a continuation of the trends observed over the several previous months. As in July, a considerable proportion of growth in total banking liabilities was accounted for by the Bank of Russia and the RF Ministry of Finance. The role of retail...