... order to estimate the effect ofthemarket extension dimension ofthe mergers we include the change of number of local markets (CNM) divided by the number of markets prior to the merger as a regressor ... ratesand for a range of merger, bank and local market features An innovation of our work is the introduction of an econometric approach of estimating the change ofthe deposit rates given their ... The “efficiency hypothesis” states that the merged bank might reach economies of scale and other efficiency gains and transfer these to the customers in the form of more beneficial interest rates...
... due to the characteristics ofthe monetary policy impulse This means that in the long run the pass-through from money marketrates to bank rates has the same size independent ofthe sign ofthe ... greater number of degrees of freedom The exclusion ofthe interbank rate from the model can be adopted because ofthe high velocity of adjustment ofthe interbank rate to the policy rate in the 1990s ... calculated in the last years ofthe sample period Therefore, the lines above the value of one give the outcome ofthe rank test evaluated for any partial sample period Due to the presence of dummy and...
... strength ofthe relationship between the MPC’s own forecasts andtheinterest rate decisions ofthe MPC on the official Bank Rate The data used are the historical forecasts for British CPI inflation and ... inflation and for the annual growth ratesof real GDP published by the Bank of England in its quarterly Inflation Report A feature ofthe Bank of England Inflation Reports is that they show not only ... available at the time theinterest rate decision is made I include the forecast standard deviations directly in reaction functions to estimate the strength andthe direction ofthe impact of forecast...
... was introduced during the synthesis ofthe QDs and its presence while altering QD growth ratesand QYs [44], does not significantly alter the size distribution ofthe QDs and acts primarily as ... expected for the (111) plane of cubic zinc blend CdTe [50] We have previously shown that although the presence of gelatine during the synthesis ofthe QDs can influence the rate of QD growth and QY ... degradation ofthe QDs without the presence ofthe PC12 cells, we carried out a number of experiments to analyse the effect of co-incubating the QDs with only the cell culture medium (Figure and 6)...
... from marketrates to retail ratesThe MAL is simply the weighted average of all lags and it is a measure ofthe speed with which retails rates respond to movements in policy or money ADL marketrates ... for the floating and fixed 1-year mortgage rates at the 5% level Official and money marketinterestrates have a much more direct link with short-term rates than with long-term rates 3 Data and ... degree of pass-through from themarket cash rate to retail rates was incomplete After the introduction ofthe OCR, the degree of passthrough for the floating rate, base lending rate and 6month...
... institutions.3 The data give a sense of both the prevalence of variable rates in the Irish mortgage market, andthe difference in average interestrates when compared with other interest rate types ... unemployment and stable interest rates, the availability of wholesale funding post 2003, significantly increased the supply of credit to the residential marketThe existing boom in both the residential and ... balances andinterestrates In Figure the average tracker and variable rate for the Irish mortgage market is plotted in the left-hand side panel The average difference between variable rates across the...
... current and future U.S and foreign short-term interest rates, and exchange rates in order to assess the effect of U.S monetary policy shocks on other variables in the SVARs Although the results for interest ... (1) where Δet is the change in the logarithm ofthe exchange rate at time t The mean ofthe exchange rate returns process, μ, the autocorrelation coefficient, ρ, andthe variance ofthe innovation, ... measured by the Bloomberg survey For the other eighteen instances, themarket was either surprised that the MPC changed the policy rate or was surprised by the extent ofthe change There were...
... growth andinterestrates Cook and Hahn (1989) test for evidence ofthe Fed’s influence on rates by examining the reaction ofinterestrates to Fed target changes They estimate the reaction ofrates ... between three- and six-month rates before and after the founding ofthe Fed The two rates moved together more closely in the later period, as predicted by the expectations theory ofthe term structure, ... understanding of central banking The last section ofthe paper surveyed empirical evidence from the founding ofthe Fed andthe 1970s demonstrating the Fed’s power over marketinterestrates It...
... (2005), Heinemann and Schüller (2002), Sander and Kleimeier (2004)) We then test the stability ofthe baseline linear ECM before and after the introduction ofthe euro and assess whether more general ... credit and mortgages), mrst is the short-term marketinterestratesand mrlt the long-term market interest- rate ∆ is the first difference operator Equation [2] relates the first differences ofthe ... short-term marketinterestrates movements are not necessarily fully transmitted to marketinterestrates with longer maturity, the pass-through of official interestrates to retail bank interest rates...
... (2005), Heinemann and Schüller (2002), Sander and Kleimeier (2004)) We then test the stability ofthe baseline linear ECM before and after the introduction ofthe euro and assess whether more general ... credit and mortgages), mrst is the short-term marketinterestratesand mrlt the long-term market interest- rate ∆ is the first difference operator Equation [2] relates the first differences ofthe ... short-term marketinterestrates movements are not necessarily fully transmitted to marketinterestrates with longer maturity, the pass-through of official interestrates to retail bank interest rates...
... loans Themarket rate increases as the PBC raises the RRR, which means the higher the RRR, the less the funding available from the banks andthe higher the demand for funding in the nonregulated market, ... has no impact on themarket rate Themarket rate increases as the PBC raises the RRR and issues more bills The impact ofthe credit quota on themarket rate is ambiguous The proof of Result 2.3 ... rate On the other hand, the impact of CBB issuance on marketinterestrates is small compared to that ofthe benchmark deposit rate andthe RRR This is because the average size of an issue of CBB...
... case especially the shape ofthe (past and current) term structure ofinterestrates We call this variable the change in the systematic factor ofthe exposure to interest rate risk The variables ... instance, the duration, andthe weighted sum ofthe positions’ duration is a measure ofthe bank’s exposure to interest rate risk (See, for instance, Sierra and Yeager (2004)) The main problem of these ... two strands ofthe literature ofthe banks’ interest rate risk (See Staikouras (2003) and Staikouras (2006) for a survey) The first one is about the determinants ofthe banks’ exposure to interest...
... endorsement ofthe divine and hereditary right of English kings to rule, his promotion of accumulated wealth in the hands ofthe few, and above all his disdain for common people and for the idea of government ... about the text, theorists insist that the warp and woof of constitutional law is still traceable to the written document and must be, given that the document and only the document counts as the ... Court Activism, the Public Interest, andthe Making of Constitutional Law l a r ry yac k l e the university of chicago press chicago and london larry yackle is professor of law andthe Basil Yanakakis...
... investigate if the liberalization of emerging markets has led to the integration of their currency markets into the world capital market We take the perspective of a U.S investor and examine the extent ... (1993), De Brouwer (1997), and others, stress the importance ofthe integration of currency markets for the integration of emerging financial markets into the world capital market As noted by Frankel ... period of relatively scarce capital and high interestrates in the emerging market, then with unrestricted inflows there is expected to be a decline in interestrates Hence, the net impact of liberalization...
... statehood: the unlawful proclamation of independence § 3.1 The prohibition of abuse ofthe right of selfdetermination: the requirement of fulfilment ofthe conditions ofthe qualified right of secession ... to the creation of their own State on the basis of an alleged right of self -determination, andthe attempts ofthe parent States to preserve their territorial status quo, is the source ofthe ... non-recognition of claims to statehood 116 § 5.1 The era ofthe League of Nations 116 § 5.2 The era ofthe United Nations 122 § 5.2.1 Violation ofthe prohibition ofthe use of force, in particular the prohibition...
... ± this aects themarket value ofthe ®rm ± generating market risk The lack of separability between marketand credit risk aects thedeterminationof economic capital, which is of central importance ... also a number of disadvantages Many ofthe basic inputs to the KMV model ± the value ofthe ®rm, the volatility andthe expected value ofthe rate of return on the ®rmÕs assets ± cannot be directly ... themarket value ofthe corporate debt increases, the yieldto-maturity decreases, andthe spread declines The magnitude of this change is larger the higher the yield on the debt Fourth, market and...
... at the end ofthe month prior to the start ofthe maintenance period that the operation falls under Write-offs and provisions and return on assets are measured at the end ofthe year before the ... difference between the required andthe actually held reserves Furthermore, the ECB can call for the provision of non -interest- bearing deposits up to three times the amount the respective bank ... summary The recent financial crisis has brought to light the importance ofthemarket for liquidity for the broader financial markets For example, as testified by the then Secretary ofthe Treasury,...
... above, the distortion of output and inflation distributions is driven by a distortion ofthe real interest rate The left-hand panels of Figure report the upward bias in the mean real rate andthe ... downward bias in the variability ofthe real rate depending on the level ofthe nominal equilibrium rate ofinterestThe downward bias in the variability ofthe real rate accounts for the reduced ... shown, the short-term nominal interest rate will fall back to zero either during the peg or at the end ofthe peg period Such a recurrence of zero interestrates may render the communication of the...
... efficiency and profitability ofthe banking system, greater competition, the widening ofthe spectrum and quality ofthe financial services offered by the banks, the rise in deposits, the decrease in the ... to detect the factors that influence theinterest rate policy ofthe banks The main conclusion ofthe paper is related to the results regarding the size ofthe bank assets andthemarket share, ... explained by the compensation ofthe cost increase through the adaptation of other categories of bank balance sheets On the other hand, the low coefficient ofthe deposit rate could also reflect the fact...