Negative Monetary Policy Rates and Systemic Banks' Risk-Taking: Evidence from the Euro Area Securities Register

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14988

44 Pages Posted: 28 Jul 2020 Last revised: 16 Aug 2020

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Johannes Bubeck

Deutsche Bundesbank

Angela Maddaloni

European Central Bank (ECB)

José-Luis Peydró

Imperial College London; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences

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Date Written: July 2020

Abstract

We show that negative monetary policy rates induce systemic banks to reach-for-yield. For identification, we exploit the introduction of negative deposit rates by the European Central Bank in June 2014 and a novel securities register for the 26 largest euro area banking groups. Banks with more customer deposits are negatively affected by negative rates, as they do not pass negative rates to retail customers, in turn investing more in securities, especially in those yielding higher returns. Effects are stronger for less capitalized banks, private sector (financial and non-financial) securities and dollar-denominated securities. Affected banks also take higher risk in loans.

Keywords: banks, negative rates, Non-Standard Monetary Policy, reach-for-yield, securities

JEL Classification: E43, E52, E58, G01, G21

Suggested Citation

Bubeck, Johannes and Maddaloni, Angela and Peydro, Jose-Luis, Negative Monetary Policy Rates and Systemic Banks' Risk-Taking: Evidence from the Euro Area Securities Register (July 2020). CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14988, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3650101

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