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The impact of setting negative policy rates on banking flows and exchange rates

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  • Guillaume Khayat

    (GREQAM - Groupement de Recherche en Économie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - ECM - École Centrale de Marseille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

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In the aftermath of the great contraction of 2008, policymakers were faced with the Zero Lower Bound (ZLB) on nominal interest rates. Central banks implemented several unconventional monetary policies to overcome the ZLB, including setting negative nominal interest rates. This paper explores possible unintended effects of setting negative policy rates. Using Danish data, I assess the impact of paying a negative interest rate on reserves. Results suggest that going into negative territory has a particular impact, distinct from that of simply lowering interest rates: it leads to higher banking outflows and depreciation of the currency. Due to the reluctance of commercial banks to pass on negative rates to their depositors (retail deposits can easily be switched into cash), paying a negative (vs. positive) interest rate on reserves creates a disconnection between the assets and liabilities of commercial banks' balance sheets. Commercial banks can avoid this disconnection by holding external assets or assets in foreign currencies. This incentive to increase banking outflows appears to explain the particular impact of going into negative territory.

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  • Guillaume Khayat, 2018. "The impact of setting negative policy rates on banking flows and exchange rates," Post-Print hal-02084889, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02084889
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2017.03.009
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    1. Chen, W.D., 2020. "Liquidity, covered interest rate parity, and zero lower bound in Japan’s foreign exchange markets," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 334-349.
    2. Cynthia Balloch & Yann Koby & Mauricio Ulate, 2022. "Making Sense of Negative Nominal Interest Rates," Working Paper Series 2022-12, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
    3. Romina Ruprecht, 2020. "Negative interest rates, capital flows and exchange rates," ECON - Working Papers 351, Department of Economics - University of Zurich.
    4. Grahame Johnson & Sharon Kozicki & Romanos Priftis & Lena Suchanek & Jonathan Witmer & Jing Yang, 2020. "Implementation and Effectiveness of Extended Monetary Policy Tools: Lessons from the Literature," Discussion Papers 2020-16, Bank of Canada.
    5. Afees A. Salisu & Abdulsalam Abidemi Sikiru, 2023. "Stock returns and interest rate differential in high and low interest rate environments," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 28(2), pages 1713-1728, April.

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