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Title: "Low-For-Long? Interest Rates and Banks' Interest Margins and Profitability: Cross-Country Evidence
Author(s): Stijn Claessens, Nicholas Coleman and Michael Donnelly
Publication Date: February 2017
Keyword(s): Bank profitability, interest rates, Low-for-long and Net interest margin
Programme Area(s): Financial Economics
Abstract: Interest rates in many advanced economies have been low for almost a decade now and are often expected to remain so. This creates challenges for banks. Using a sample of 3,385 banks from 47 countries from 2005 to 2013, we find that a one percentage point interest rate drop implies an 8 basis points lower net interest margin, with this effect greater (20 basis points) at low rates. Low rates also adversely affect bank profitability, but with more variation. And for each additional year of â??low for longâ??, margins and profitability fall by another 9 and 6 basis points, respectively.
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Claessens, S, Coleman, N and Donnelly, M. 2017. '"Low-For-Long? Interest Rates and Banks' Interest Margins and Profitability: Cross-Country Evidence'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=11842