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The Effects of Unconventional Monetary Policies on Bank Soundness

By Frederic Lambert, Kenichi Ueda

August 13, 2014

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Frederic Lambert, and Kenichi Ueda. The Effects of Unconventional Monetary Policies on Bank Soundness, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2014) accessed November 23, 2024
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Summary

Unconventional monetary policy is often assumed to benefit banks. However, we find little supporting evidence. Rather, we find some evidence for heightened medium-term risks. First, in an event study using a novel instrument for monetary policy surprises, we do not detect clear effects of monetary easing on bank stock valuation but find a deterioration of medium-term bank credit risk in the United States, the euro area, and the United Kingdom. Second, in panel regressions using U.S. banks’ balance sheet information, we show that bank profitability and risk taking are ambiguously affected, while balance sheet repair is delayed.

Subject: Banking, Bond yields, Central bank policy rate, Financial institutions, Financial services, Monetary policy, Stocks, Unconventional monetary policies, Yield curve

Keywords: B. bank risk-taking, Balance Sheet Repair, Bank CDS spread, Bank Profitability, Bank Risk, Bank size, Bond yields, CDS spread, Central bank policy rate, Equity ratio, Fed funds rate, Futures contract, Global, Monetary Policy, Monetary policy announcement, Panel regression, Return on assets, Short-term debt, Stocks, Taylor gap, Unconventional monetary policies, WP, Yield curve

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    40

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2014/152

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2014152

  • ISBN:

    9781498363563

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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