Operational Loss Recoveries and the Macroeconomic Environment: Evidence from the U.S. Banking Sector

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W. Scott Frame

Structured Finance Association

Nika Lazaryan

Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Ping McLemore

Federal Reserve Banks - Quantitative Supervision & Research

Atanas Mihov

University of Kansas

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Date Written: September 1, 2022

Abstract

Using supervisory data from large U.S. bank holding companies (BHCs), we document that operational loss recovery rates decrease in macroeconomic downturns. This procyclical relationship varies by business lines and loss event types and is robust to alternative data aggregations, macroeconomic measurement horizons and estimation methodologies. Further analysis shows that resource constraints faced by BHC risk management functions are a plausible explanation for these patterns. Our findings offer new evidence on how economic shocks transmit to banking industry losses with implications for risk management and supervision.

Keywords: Operational risk, Operational losses, Loss recoveries, Macroeconomic environment, Banking sector

JEL Classification: G21, G28, G29

Suggested Citation

Frame, W. Scott and Lazaryan, Nika and McLemore, Ping and Mihov, Atanas, Operational Loss Recoveries and the Macroeconomic Environment: Evidence from the U.S. Banking Sector (September 1, 2022). FRB of Dallas Working Paper No. 2215, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4212029 or http://dx.doi.org/10.24149/wp2215

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Ping McLemore

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Atanas Mihov

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