Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/60839 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
Staff Report No. 346
Publisher: 
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York, NY
Abstract: 
In a market-based financial system, banking and capital market developments are inseparable. We document evidence that balance sheets of market-based financial intermediaries provide a window on the transmission of monetary policy through capital market conditions. Short-term interest rates are determinants of the cost of leverage and are found to be important in influencing the size of financial intermediary balance sheets. However, except for periods of crises, higher balance-sheet growth tends to be followed by lower interest rates, and slower balance-sheet growth is followed by higher interest rates. This suggests that consideration might be given to a monetary policy that anticipates the potential disorderly unwinding of leverage. In this sense, monetary policy and financial stability policies are closely linked.
Subjects: 
Monetary policy
financial stability
financial intermediation
security brokers and dealers
commercial banks
JEL: 
E50
G20
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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