Bank Lending Policies and Monetary Policy: Some Lessons From the Negative Interest Era

66 Pages Posted: 30 Apr 2018 Last revised: 28 Feb 2023

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Oscar Arce

Banco de España

Miguel Garcia-Posada

Banco de España

Sergio Mayordomo

Banco de España

Steven Ongena

University of Zurich - Department Finance; Swiss Finance Institute; KU Leuven; NTNU Business School; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

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Date Written: February 9, 2021

Abstract

What is the long-term impact of negative interest rates on bank lending? To answer this question, we construct a unique summary measure of negative rate exposure by individual banks based on exclusive survey data and banks’ balance sheets and couple it with the credit register of Spain and firms’ balance sheets to identify this impact on the supply of credit to firms. We find that only when deposit rates reached the zero lower bound (ZLB) did affected banks (relative to non-affected banks) decrease their supply, especially when undercapitalized and lending to risky firms. The adverse effects of the negative rates on banks’ intermediation capacity only took place after a protracted period of time.

Keywords: negative interest rates, negative for long, zero lower bound, lending policies, bank capital ratio, risk taking

JEL Classification: G21, E52, E58

Suggested Citation

Arce, Oscar and Garcia-Posada, Miguel and Mayordomo, Sergio and Ongena, Steven R. G., Bank Lending Policies and Monetary Policy: Some Lessons From the Negative Interest Era (February 9, 2021). Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 21-75, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3161924 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3161924

Oscar Arce

Banco de España ( email )

Alcala 50
Madrid 28014
Spain

Miguel Garcia-Posada

Banco de España ( email )

Alcala 50
Madrid 28014
Spain

Sergio Mayordomo (Contact Author)

Banco de España ( email )

Alcala 50
Madrid 28014
Spain

Steven R. G. Ongena

University of Zurich - Department Finance ( email )

Schönberggasse 1
Zürich, 8001
Switzerland

Swiss Finance Institute

c/o University of Geneva
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Switzerland

KU Leuven ( email )

Oude Markt 13
Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant 3000
Belgium

NTNU Business School ( email )

Norway

Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London
United Kingdom

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