Determinants of Bank Credit in Emerging Market Economies

March 1, 2011

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Vahram Stepanyan, and Kai Guo. Determinants of Bank Credit in Emerging Market Economies, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2011) accessed December 21, 2024

Disclaimer: This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF.The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate

Summary

We examine changes in bank credit across a wide range of emerging market economies during the last decade. The rich time-series and cross-section information allows us to draw broader lessons compared to many existing researches, which focus on a specific set of emerging market economies or on shorter time periods. Our results show that domestic and foreign funding contribute positively and symmetrically to credit growth. The results also indicate that stronger economic growth leads to higher credit growth, and high inflation, while increasing nominal credit, is detrimental to real credit growth. We also find that loose monetary conditions, either domestic or global, result in more credit, and that the health of the banking sector also matters. Finally, we discuss some policy lessons.

Subject: Bank credit, Credit, Credit booms, Deposit rates, Financial crises

Keywords: Credit growth, Deposit rate, WP

Publication Details

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20
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Working Paper No. 2011/051
Stock No:

WPIEA2011051
ISBN:

9781455218035
ISSN:

1018-5941

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