Category: Finance & Markets
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Flexible central bank frameworks may curb inflation without major growth losses
This research indicates that central banks can maintain price stability without significantly undermining growth by using flexible frameworks that integrate inflation expectations, macro-financial linkages, and credibility mechanisms.
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Geopolitical risk is linked to lower stock returns in Vietnam
This research indicates that higher geopolitical risk is associated with lower stock returns in Vietnam, while firms more sensitive to geopolitical risk tend to have higher expected returns.
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Asset shocks spill over differently in liquidity traps
This research indicates that shocks to the supply or demand of assets can have very different international effects when an economy is in a liquidity trap, and that a fall in foreign-issued assets can lead to deflation, currency appreciation, and possibly recession.
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Entrepreneurial overconfidence shapes SME loan outcomes
This research indicates that mildly overconfident entrepreneurs are less likely to receive the loans they apply for than both unconfident and extremely overconfident entrepreneurs.
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Fund holding networks heighten systemic risk in financial institutions
This research indicates that fund holding networks among financial institutions significantly exacerbate systemic financial risk, partly through governance convergence, synchronized share prices, and asset homogeneity.
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Negative interest rates are linked to lower bank loan loss provisioning
This research indicates that banks in countries adopting negative interest rate policy showed a contraction in loan loss provisioning, and that the effect varied with inflation, bank size, and bank specialisation.
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Several bank and macroeconomic factors affect non-interest income
This research indicates that bank size, deposit-to-asset ratio, credit risk provision ratio, income diversification, inflation, and the COVID-19 pandemic are positively associated with non-interest income, while loan-to-asset ratio and state ownership are negatively associated with it.
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Mortality patterns increasingly shaped by skewness and kurtosis
This research indicates that lifespan disparity is increasingly determined by the shape of age-at-death distributions, with skewness and kurtosis accounting for larger shares over time.
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U.S. rate cuts appreciated the dollar during the Great Recession
This research indicates that U.S. forward guidance easings during the Great Recession were associated with dollar appreciation, a flight-to-safety effect, and lower expected U.S. inflation.
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Bank holding companies favored stronger affiliates during crisis
This research indicates that parent support during the 2007–2009 financial crisis was selective, with capital flowing mainly to stronger affiliates while weaker ones received less support.
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