The transmission of monetary policy to credit supply in the euro area
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Issue Date
13-Sep-2024
Physical description
35 p.
Abstract
Este documento presenta evidencia empírica sobre la transmisión de la política monetaria a los criterios de aprobación de préstamos de los bancos en los créditos otorgados a sociedades no financieras (SNF) en el área del euro. Para ello se utiliza una encuesta confidencial en la que se pregunta a los bancos sobre la evolución de sus respectivos mercados de crédito, junto con sus balances y shocks de política monetaria de alta frecuencia. Se encuentra, primero, que los bancos poco capitalizados son más propensos a endurecer sus criterios de aprobación de préstamos en los créditos a las SNF. Segundo, que estos bancos tienden a endurecer más sus criterios de aprobación en los préstamos a las pymes que en los créditos a las grandes empresas durante la actual fase de política monetaria restrictiva. Tercero, que la transmisión de la política monetaria a los criterios de aprobación en los préstamos a las SNF es más fuerte en los bancos poco capitalizados. Y, cuarto, que la relación entre la política monetaria y los criterios de aprobación se debe principalmente a grandes shocks de política monetaria contractiva, lo que revela importantes asimetrías en la transmisión de esta a través del canal de crédito bancario. Finalmente, se observa un endurecimiento de la política monetaria también aumenta las tasas de rechazo en los préstamos a las SNF, en mayor medida en los bancos poco capitalizados.
We present empirical evidence on the transmission of monetary policy to banks’ credit standards (i.e. loan approval criteria) in loans granted to non-financial corporations (NFCs) in the euro area. To this end, we use a confidential survey in which banks are asked about developments in their respective credit markets, coupled with banks’ balance sheets and high-frequency monetary policy shocks. First, we find that poorly capitalized banks are more likely to tighten their credit standards in loans to NFCs. Second, these banks have tended to tighten their credit standards more in loans to SMEs than in loans to large firms during the current restrictive monetary phase. Third, the transmission of monetary policy to credit standards in loans to NFCs is stronger in poorly capitalized banks. Fourth, the relationship between monetary policy and credit standards is driven by large contractionary monetary policy shocks, which reveals important asymmetries in the bank lending channel. Finally, a tightening of the monetary policy stance also increases rejection rates in loans to NFCs, to a greater extent in poorly capitalized banks.
We present empirical evidence on the transmission of monetary policy to banks’ credit standards (i.e. loan approval criteria) in loans granted to non-financial corporations (NFCs) in the euro area. To this end, we use a confidential survey in which banks are asked about developments in their respective credit markets, coupled with banks’ balance sheets and high-frequency monetary policy shocks. First, we find that poorly capitalized banks are more likely to tighten their credit standards in loans to NFCs. Second, these banks have tended to tighten their credit standards more in loans to SMEs than in loans to large firms during the current restrictive monetary phase. Third, the transmission of monetary policy to credit standards in loans to NFCs is stronger in poorly capitalized banks. Fourth, the relationship between monetary policy and credit standards is driven by large contractionary monetary policy shocks, which reveals important asymmetries in the bank lending channel. Finally, a tightening of the monetary policy stance also increases rejection rates in loans to NFCs, to a greater extent in poorly capitalized banks.
Notes
This paper was prepared under the European System of Central Banks ChaMP research network (Challenges for the Transmission of Monetary Policy in a Changing World)
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Documentos de Trabajo / Banco de España, 2430
Subjects
Política monetaria; Oferta de crédito; Oferta crediticia; Canal bancario de préstamos; Monetary policy; Bank capital; Credit supply; Bank lending channel; Créditos; Transmisión monetaria; Bancos
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