Real-Time Financial Stability Assessment With an Application to the COVID-19 Crisis

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Henk Jan Reinders

Rotterdam School of Management; International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Dirk Schoenmaker

Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University; Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Mathijs A. van Dijk

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR)

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Date Written: September 19, 2022

Abstract

The sudden and severe economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have underlined the need for real-time financial stability assessments by banks and their supervisors, which are historically hampered by sluggish accounting-based provisioning. Using a Merton contingent claims framework, we develop a real time market-based approach to assess expected loan losses and apply it to euro area banks’ during the Covid-19 crisis. Although market-based indicators have improved considerably after an initial sharp downturn, they still provide warning signals for a range of (sub)sectors. During the market low point, implied losses on corporate loans amounted to 16-26% of banks’ capital. We uncover a substantial role for monetary policy (lower discount rates) in the subsequent stock market recovery.

Keywords: Financial stability, bank capital, COVID-19, stress test

JEL Classification: G01, G21, G28

Suggested Citation

Reinders, Henk Jan and Schoenmaker, Dirk and van Dijk, Mathijs A., Real-Time Financial Stability Assessment With an Application to the COVID-19 Crisis (September 19, 2022). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3633932 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3633932

Henk Jan Reinders

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Mathijs A. Van Dijk

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) ( email )

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3000 DR Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland 3062PA
Netherlands

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