Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/264741 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 149
Publisher: 
Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB), Vienna
Abstract: 
In this paper we explore empirically to what extent expected monetary policy matters for the dynamics of bank lending rates in the U.S., the U.K. and Germany. We find that banks have increasingly behaved in a forward-looking fashion by taking expected changes in monetary policy rates into account when setting lending rates. We document that along with the shifts in monetary policy regimes towards inflation targeting, expected monetary policy has become more important as a determinant of bank lending rates. Overall, our results provide support for the hypothesis that monetary policy has become more effective by successfully influencing private sector expectations.
Subjects: 
Monetary Policy
Expectations
Interest Rate Pass-Trough
JEL: 
E52
E58
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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