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Bank loan portfolios and the Canadian monetary transmission mechanism

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  • Wouter J. Den Haan
  • Steven W. Sumner
  • Guy M. Yamashiro

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Following a monetary tightening, bank loans to consumers decrease. This is true for both mortgage and non‐mortgage loans, and it is true for a tightening by the Bank of Canada that is, and is not, a response to a tightening by the Federal Reserve System. In contrast, business loans increase following a monetary tightening. The ‘perverse’ response of business loans cannot be explained by an increase in the demand for funds due to a reduction in real activity. These results are consistent with a change in bank portfolio behaviour in favour of business loans in response to a monetary tightening. A la suite d'une restriction monétaire, les prêts bancaires aux consommateurs chutent. C'est vrai tant pour les prêts hypothécaires que non‐hypothécaires, et c'est vrai pour une restriction monétaire de la Banque du Canada, qu'elle soit ou non le résultat d'une restriction de la Réserve Fédérale américaine. A l'inverse, les prêts bancaires aux entreprises s'accroissent suite à une restriction monétaire. Cette réponse ‘perverse' des prêts aux entreprises ne peut pas s'expliquer par un accroissement de la demande de fonds attribuable à un déclin de l'activitééconomique. Ces résultats sont consistants avec un changement du comportement des banques qui déplacent leurs portefeuilles de prêts en faveur des entreporises quand il y a restriction monétaire.

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  • Wouter J. Den Haan & Steven W. Sumner & Guy M. Yamashiro, 2009. "Bank loan portfolios and the Canadian monetary transmission mechanism," Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 42(3), pages 1150-1175, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:canjec:v:42:y:2009:i:3:p:1150-1175
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2009.01542.x
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