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Monetary policy transmission through banks when liquidity is abundant but unevenly distributed

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  • Girotti, Mattia
  • Horny, Guillaume

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We study how the distribution of excess liquidity amongst banks alters the transmission of policy rate hikes to bank interest rates. Using a difference-in-difference approach, we measure the difference in the pricing behavior of the 19 euro-area banking systems depending on their excess liquidity holdings when the European Central Bank’s Deposit Facility Rate (DFR) increases. According to our estimations, every 100 bp increase in the DFR, banking systems holding one additional standard deviation of excess liquidity apply a 1.9 bp higher interest rate on new checking accounts and between 3.2 and 6.8 bp lower interest rates on new loans.

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  • Girotti, Mattia & Horny, Guillaume, 2023. "Monetary policy transmission through banks when liquidity is abundant but unevenly distributed," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 56(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finlet:v:56:y:2023:i:c:s1544612323004336
    DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2023.104061
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    Keywords

    Monetary policy transmission; Excess liquidity; Banks; Interest rates; Money market;
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    JEL classification:

    • E44 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates - - - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages

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