Does prolonged monetary policy easing increase financial vulnerability? /:

Using firm-level data for approximately 1,000 bank and nonbank financial institutions in 22 countries over the past 15 years we study the impact of prolonged monetary policy easing on risk-taking behavior. We find that the leverage ratio, as well as other measures of firm-level vulnerability, increa...

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Hauptverfasser: Cecchetti, Stephen G. (Stephen Giovanni) (VerfasserIn), Mancini-Griffoli, Tommaso (VerfasserIn), Narita, Machiko (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2017.
Schriftenreihe:IMF working paper ; WP/17/65.
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Zusammenfassung:Using firm-level data for approximately 1,000 bank and nonbank financial institutions in 22 countries over the past 15 years we study the impact of prolonged monetary policy easing on risk-taking behavior. We find that the leverage ratio, as well as other measures of firm-level vulnerability, increases for banks and nonbanks as domestic monetary policy easing persists. Cross-border effects are also notable. We find effects of roughly similar magnitude on foreign financial sector firms when the U.S. eases policy. Results appear robust to a variety of specifications, and to be non-linear, with risk-taking behavior rising most quickly at the onset of monetary policy easing.
Beschreibung:3. Indicators of Monetary Policy.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (32 pages)
ISBN:9781475588880
1475588887
ISSN:1018-5941 ;