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Interest Rate Asymmetries in the Lending-Deposit Spread: A Case - Asimmetrie del tasso di interesse nello spread prestiti-depositi: studio di un caso

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  • Dube, Smile

    (California State University, Department of Economics)

  • Zhou, Yan

    (California State University, Department of Economics)

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The paper examines the asymmetric behavior of the lending-deposit spread in South Africa over the period 1990M1 to 2010M7. The paper employs threshold autoregressive (TAR) and momentum threshold autoregressive (MTAR) unit root tests to detect any asymmetries in the lending-deposit spread. We find the spread (SP, the difference between the lending and deposit rates) to be a stationary process after we endogenously determine May 1998 as a break date. The TAR model indicates that the spread is characterized by asymmetric adjustment. The asymmetric errorcorrection model indicates that the deposit rate adjusts to changes in the loan rate, as does the loan rate in response to one-period lagged changes in the deposit rate. The MTAR model fails to capture any asymmetries and hence the notion that adjustments depend on the previous period changes is not captured in South Africa’s lending-deposit spread. - Questo studio esamina il comportamento asimmetrico dello spread prestiti-depositi in Sud Africa nel periodo 1990-2010. I test utilizzati sono quello a radice unitaria con soglia autoregressiva (TAR) e quello a radice unitaria con soglia momentum autoregressiva (MTAR), al fine di trovare eventuali asimmetrie nello spread. I risultati hanno evidenziato che lo spread (cioè la differenza tra i tassi di prestito e di deposito) è un processo stazionario dopo che la data break è stata endogenamente fissata a maggio 1998. Il modello TAR indica che lo spread è caratterizzato da aggiustamenti asimmetrici. Il modello asimmetrico error-correction indica che il tasso di deposito si adegua alle variazioni del tasso di prestito, così come quest’ultimo si adegua in risposta alle variazioni temporali unitarie del tasso di interesse. Il modello MTAR non riesce a cogliere ogni asimmetria e pertanto l’opinione che gli aggiustamenti dipendono dalle variazioni del periodo precedente non è considerata nello spread prestiti-depositi in Sud Africa.

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  • Dube, Smile & Zhou, Yan, 2014. "Interest Rate Asymmetries in the Lending-Deposit Spread: A Case - Asimmetrie del tasso di interesse nello spread prestiti-depositi: studio di un caso," Economia Internazionale / International Economics, Camera di Commercio Industria Artigianato Agricoltura di Genova, vol. 67(2), pages 201-227.
  • Handle: RePEc:ris:ecoint:0717
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    Keywords

    Asymmetric Adjustment; MTAR; Spread; TAR; Threshold;
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    JEL classification:

    • E43 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects
    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
    • G20 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - General
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages

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