Central Bank Liquidity Reallocation and Bank Lending: Evidence from the Tiering System

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Carlo Altavilla

European Central Bank (ECB)

Miguel Boucinha

European Central Bank (ECB)

Lorenzo Burlon

European Central Bank (ECB)

Mariassunta Giannetti

Stockholm School of Economics; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI); Swedish House of Finance

Julian Schumacher

European Central Bank (ECB)

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Date Written: August 30, 2023

Abstract

We document that the reallocation of central bank reserves towards banks with higher liquidity needs fosters bank lending. Exploiting the ECB’s tiered reserve remuneration system for identification, we show that this system encouraged banks with ex ante low reserve holdings to obtain more reserves through the money market. Having increased their resilience against liquidity shocks, these banks lowered their securities holdings and extended more credit. We find no negative effects on the loan supply of banks with ex ante high reserves, which decreased their reserves holdings, and our results are not driven by banks’ exposures to other policy measures.

Keywords: money market; excess reserves; bank lending; negative interest rate policy

JEL Classification: G2; E5

Suggested Citation

Altavilla, Carlo and Boucinha, Miguel and Burlon, Lorenzo and Giannetti, Mariassunta and Schumacher, Julian, Central Bank Liquidity Reallocation and Bank Lending: Evidence from the Tiering System (August 30, 2023). Swedish House of Finance Research Paper, Forthcoming No. 22-17, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4115494 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4115494

Carlo Altavilla

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Miguel Boucinha

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Lorenzo Burlon

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