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The U.S. Federal Reserve purchased both agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and Treasury securities to conduct quantitative easing (QE). Using micro-level data, we find that banks benefiting from MBS purchases increase mortgage origination, compared to other banks. At the same time, these...
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specific yield level and shift their investments from the securities to the (higher-yielding) credit portfolio. Making use of …
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We examine both theoretically and empirically a mechanism through which outstanding bank loans affect the firm balance sheet channel of monetary policy transmission. Unlike other debt, most bank loans have floating rates mechanically tied to monetary policy rates. Hence, monetary policy-induced...
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As the euro area has a predominantly bank-based financial system, changes in the composition and strength of banks' balance sheets can have very sizeable implications for the transmission of monetary policy. This paper provides an overview of developments in banks' balance sheets, profitability...
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of the “bank credit channel” and relationship banking, the effect of relationship banking on the transmission of monitory …
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Financial intermediation and bank spreads are important elements in the analysis of business cycle transmission and monetary policy. We present a simple framework that introduces lending relationships, a relevant feature of financial intermediation that has been so far neglected in the monetary...
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The monetary authorities affect the macroeconomic activity through various channels of influence. This paper examines the bank lending channel, which considers how central bank actions affect deposits, loan supply, and real spending. The monetary authorities influence deposits and loan supplies...
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We identify the international credit channel of monetary policy by analyzing the universe of corporate loans in Mexico … European and U.S. banks in Mexico. We find that a softening of foreign monetary policy increases the supply of credit of ….K. monetary policy affects credit supply in Mexico via U.K. banks), in turn implying strong real effects, with substantially …
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higher credit risks from banks with lower liquidity ratios and higher risk appetites while an expansion of the monetary base …
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-Term Refinancing Operations (VLTROs) which affected lending to firms discontinuously across credit ratings (i.e., within banks). We …
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