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Smoothed Interest Rate Setting by Central Banks and Staggered Loan Contracts

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  • Yuki Teranishi

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We investigate a new source of economic stickiness: namely, staggered loan interest rate contracts under monopolistic competition. The paper introduces this mechanism into a standard New Keynesian model. Simulations show that a response to a financial shock is greatly amplified by the staggered loan contracts though a response to a productivity, cost-push or monetary policy shock is not much affected. We derive an approximated loss function and analyse optimal monetary policy. Unlike other models, the function includes a quadratic loss of the first-order difference in loan rates. Thus, central banks have an incentive to smooth the policy rate.
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  • Yuki Teranishi, 2015. "Smoothed Interest Rate Setting by Central Banks and Staggered Loan Contracts," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 125(582), pages 162-183, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:econjl:v:125:y:2015:i:582:p:162-183
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    1. Belanger, Gilles, 2016. "Inequality Causes Recessions: A Fallout from Ramsey's Conjecture," MPRA Paper 72335, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Alho, Kari E.O., 2015. "Structural Reforms and Stabilization Policies in the Euro Area," ETLA Working Papers 31, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy.
    3. Hasui, Kohei & Kobayashi, Teruyoshi & Sugo, Tomohiro, 2021. "Optimal irreversible monetary policy," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 134(C).
    4. Junichi Fujimoto & Ko Munakata & Koji Nakamura & Yuki Teranishi, 2017. "Optimal Policy Analysis in a New Keynesian Economy with Credit Market Search," GRIPS Discussion Papers 16-30, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.
    5. Fujiwara, Ippei & Teranishi, Yuki, 2017. "Financial frictions and policy cooperation: A case with monopolistic banking and staggered loan contracts," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 104(C), pages 19-43.
    6. Ida, Daisuke, 2023. "Cost channel, determinacy, and monetary policy in a two-country new Keynesian model," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 119(C).
    7. Crespi, Fabrizio & Mandas, Marco & Migliavacca, Milena, 2025. "European banks’ interest margins and monetary policy: Evidence of a stickiness phenomenon," Research in International Business and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 79(C).

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    JEL classification:

    • E32 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Business Fluctuations; Cycles
    • 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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