Special issue: Implications of ultra-low and negative interest rates
Special issue: Implications of ultra-low and negative interest rates
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特刊:超低利率和负利率的影响
DOI:
10.1111/1468-0106.12248
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发表时间:
2018
影响因子:
1.5
通讯作者:
P. Chantapacdepong
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作者:
J. Aizenman;Y. Cheung;P. Chantapacdepong
For a number of years, the central banks of the major advanced economies have implemented quantitative easing (QE) policies and have also pursued unprecedented ultra-low interest rate policies to resolve crises and to support growth. To commit to additional policy easing, many central banks, namely, the European Central Bank, the Swiss National Bank, Sveriges Riksbank, Danmarks NationalBank, the Bank of Japan and the Hungarian Central Bank, have further implemented a negative interest rate policy (NIRP). It is a negative rate on commercial banks’ excess funds held on deposit at the central bank, effectively taxing banks for hoarding cash. The efficacy of NIRP in lifting growth and inflation remains unknown. However, concerns over a range of possible financial stability risks and unintended consequences of NIRP have been voiced, including financial market distortions, asset price bubbles, deterioration of banks’ balance sheets, weakening of banks’ willingness to lend, and delayed implementation of necessary macroeconomic and structural policies (Arteta, Kose, Stocker, & Taskin, 2016; Carney, 2016; White, 2014). Like other unconventional monetary policy measures, NIRP could also have spillover effects on the financial markets of emerging market and developing economies through, say, “yield chasing” behaviour. It has long been argued that asset prices in Asian financial markets are affected by monetary policies of advanced economies more than their own policies and fundamentals. Consequently, Asia may be affected disproportionately by volatile swings in currencies, international capital flows, and increasing external debt levels triggered by NIRP deployed by advanced economies. The theme of the 19th Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) Annual Conference, which was held on 1–2 December 2016 in Tokyo, Japan, was the implications of ultra-low and negative interest rates for Asia. The annual conference is part of ABDI’s continuous efforts in providing intellectual input and conducting high-level research on issues with strategic implications Received: 1 December 2016 Accepted: 1 April 2017