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The Real Effects of Exchange Rate Depreciation: The Role of Bank Loan Supply

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  • Beck, Thorsten
  • Bednarek, Peter
  • te Kaat, Daniel Marcel
  • von Westernhagen, Natalja

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Using matched bank-firm-level data and the 2014 depreciation of the euro, we show that exchange rate depreciations can lead to higher loan supply. Large banks with high net dollar exposure increase lending to export-intensive firms and—through interbank markets—to small banks without foreign-currency asset exposure but with a high share of exporting firms in their portfolio. We also find that German regions with such small banks experience higher output growth following the depreciation. These findings show the importance of banks’ balance sheet structure and interbank markets in transmitting exchange rate shocks to the real economy.

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  • Beck, Thorsten & Bednarek, Peter & te Kaat, Daniel Marcel & von Westernhagen, Natalja, 2022. "The Real Effects of Exchange Rate Depreciation: The Role of Bank Loan Supply," CEPR Discussion Papers 17231, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:17231
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    Keywords

    Exchange rates; Bank lending; Interbank markets; Real effects; Regional business cycles; Germany;
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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
    • O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General

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