Negative interest rates, excess liquidity and retail deposits: Banks' reaction to unconventional monetary policy in the euro area

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Negative monetary policy rates are associated with a particular friction because the remuneration of retail deposits tends to be floored at zero. We investigate whether this friction affects banks' reactions when the policy rate is lowered to negative levels, compared to a standard rate cut in the euro area. We exploit the cross-sectional variation in banks' funding structures jointly with that in their excess liquidity holdings. We find evidence that banks highly exposed to the policy tend to grant more loans. This confirms studies that point to higher risk taking by banks as a reaction to negative rates. It, however, contrasts some earlier research associating negative rates with a contraction in loans. We illustrate that the difference is likely driven by the broader coverage of our loan data, longer time span of our sample and, importantly, the explicit consideration of the role of excess liquidity in our analysis.

Angaben zum Objekt

• ISBN: 978-92-899-3545-6
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: ECB Working Paper ; No. 2283

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects ; Monetary Policy ; Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions ; Banks; Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
• Thema: negative rates ; bank balance sheets ; transmission mechanism

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Demiralp, Selva ; Eisenschmidt, Jens ; Vlassopoulos, Thomas
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): European Central Bank (ECB)
• (wo): Frankfurt a. M.
• (wann): 2019

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.2866/89297
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/208317
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ