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The Role of Corporate Cash Holdings in the Transmission of Monetary Policy Tightening

By JaeBin Ahn, Euihyun Bae, Jing Zhou

November 22, 2024

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JaeBin Ahn, Euihyun Bae, and Jing Zhou. "The Role of Corporate Cash Holdings in the Transmission of Monetary Policy Tightening", IMF Working Papers 2024, 245 (2024), accessed November 23, 2024, https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400296321.001

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Summary

The U.S. economy has been exceeding expectations amid one of the most aggressive monetary policy tightening cycles. This paper provides firm-level evidence showing that abundant cash holdings enable firms to benefit from higher interest rates, thereby reducing net interest payments and mitigate the adverse impact from interest rate hikes to firms' investment and employment.

Subject: Business enterprises, Capital spending, Central bank policy rate, COVID-19, Economic sectors, Employment, Expenditure, External debt, Financial services, Financial statements, Health, Income, Interest payments, Labor, Labor markets, Monetary policy, Monetary tightening, National accounts, Public financial management (PFM)

Keywords: Andean Community, Asia and Pacific, Business enterprises, Capital spending, Central bank policy rate, Corporate cash, Corporate sector, COVID-19, Debt service, Employment, Financial statements, Global, Haver Analytics, Income, Interest expense, Interest income, Interest payments, Labor markets, Monetary policy transmission, Monetary tightening, Net interest payment, North America

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