Financial institutions and intermediation

• Imperfect Banking Competition and Macroeconomic Volatility: A DSGE Framework

  Staff working paper 2021-12 Jiaqi Li

  How do banks adjust their loan rate markup in response to macroeconomic shocks?

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers JEL Code(s): E, E3, E32, E4, E44, G, G2, G21, L, L1, L13 Research Theme(s): Financial system, Financial institutions and intermediation, Models and tools, Economic models, Monetary policy, Monetary policy framework and transmission

• COVID-19 Crisis: Lessons Learned for Future Policy Research

  Staff discussion paper 2021-2 Jean-Sébastien Fontaine, Corey Garriott, Jesse Johal, Jessica Lee, Andreas Uthemann

  One year later, we review the events that took place in Canadian fixed-income markets at the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis and propose potential policy research questions for future work.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff discussion papers JEL Code(s): D, D4, D47, E, E4, E41, E5, G, G0, G01, G1, G14, G2, G20, G21, G23 Research Theme(s): Financial markets and funds management, Market functioning, Financial system, Financial institutions and intermediation, Financial stability and systemic risk, Monetary policy, Monetary policy tools and implementation

• Market Concentration and Uniform Pricing: Evidence from Bank Mergers

  Staff working paper 2021-9 João Granja, Nuno Paixão

  We show that US banks price deposits almost uniformly across their branches and that this pricing practice is more important than increases in local market concentration in explaining the deposit rate dynamics following bank mergers.

  Content Type(s): Staff research, Staff working papers JEL Code(s): D, D4, G, G2, G20, G21, G28, G3, G34, L, L1, L11 Research Theme(s): Financial markets and funds management, Market structure, Financial system, Financial institutions and intermediation, Financial stability and systemic risk