Category: Banking
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Banks and the green transition
Are banks’ environmental disclosures consistent with their lending activities? Are banks investing in green projects or assets?
The future of the U.S. banking sector
What do investors think about the March 2023 banking crisis and projections of what might lie ahead for U.S. banks?
The impact of euro bank dividend restrictions
In March 2020, at the onset of the COVID crisis, the European Central Bank recommended that euro area banks not pay dividends or buy back shares to support firm lending. In retrospect, was it a successful strategy?
Banking deregulation and business credit
What was the impact of the Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994 on U.S. corporate bankruptcies?
On bank runs and government guarantees
Suggestions on how policymakers can avert bank runs and credit market freezes.
Revisiting narrow banking
The recent policy interventions to stave off the March banking crisis were significantly sizeable, relative to economic output, in a long-run context. Could narrow banking prevent future crises?
How informative are bank stress tests?
Market participants follow closely the results of the Fed’s stress tests. But did the recent tests examine higher interest rates?
The current state of U.S. banking
How many banks are in danger? How to prevent the next crisis?