The Shifting Drivers of Global Liquidity

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Stefan Avdjiev

Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Leonardo Gambacorta

Bank for International Settlements (BIS); Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Linda S. Goldberg

Federal Reserve Bank of New York; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Stefano Schiaffi

Bank of Italy; Bank of Italy

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Date Written: June 2017

Abstract

The post-crisis period has seen a considerable shift in the composition and drivers of international bank lending and international bond issuance, the two main components of global liquidity. The sensitivity of both types of flow to US monetary policy rose substantially in the immediate aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis, peaked around the time of the 2013 Fed "taper tantrum", and then partially reverted towards pre-crisis levels. Conversely, the responsiveness of international bank lending to global risk conditions declined considerably post-crisis and became similar to that of international debt securities. The increased sensitivity of international bank flows to US monetary policy has been driven mainly by post-crisis changes in the behaviour of national lending banking systems, especially those that ex ante had less well capitalized banks. By contrast, the post-crisis fall in the sensitivity of international bank lending to global risk was mainly due to a compositional effect, driven by increases in the lending market shares of better-capitalized national banking systems. The post-2013 reversal in the sensitivities to US monetary policy partially reflects the expected divergence of the monetary policy of the US and other advanced economies, highlighting the sensitivity of capital flows to the degree of commonality of cycles and the stance of policy. Moreover, global liquidity fluctuations have largely been driven by policy initiatives in creditor countries. Policies and prudential instruments that reinforced lending banks' capitalization and stable funding levels reduced the volatility of international lending flows.

Keywords: Global liquidity, international bank lending, international bond flows, capital flows

JEL Classification: G10, F34, G21

Suggested Citation

Avdjiev, Stefan and Gambacorta, Leonardo and Goldberg, Linda S. and Schiaffi, Stefano and Schiaffi, Stefano, The Shifting Drivers of Global Liquidity (June 2017). BIS Working Paper No. 644, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2988654

Stefan Avdjiev (Contact Author)

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Leonardo Gambacorta

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