Arbeitspapier

Banks' net interest margin and the level of interest rates

An increase in the level of interest rates is said to have a negative impact on banks' net interest margins in the short run. Using a time series of more than 40 years for the German banking system, we show that the opposite effect exists in the long run, where an increase in the level of interest rates by 100 basis points leads to an estimated increase of 7 basis points in the banks' net interest margin. In addition, we analyze the consequences of the low-interest rate environment and find that banks' interest margins for retail deposits, especially for term deposits, have declined by up to 97 basis points.

ISBN
978-3-95729-158-5
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Bundesbank Discussion Paper ; No. 16/2015

Classification
Wirtschaft
Banks; Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
Subject
net interest margin
level of interest rates

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Busch, Ramona
Memmel, Christoph
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Deutsche Bundesbank
(where)
Frankfurt a. M.
(when)
2015

Handle
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Busch, Ramona
  • Memmel, Christoph
  • Deutsche Bundesbank

Time of origin

  • 2015

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