How Monetary Policy Affects the Lending and Economic Activity in a Banking System with Excess Liquidity

Research purpose. The purpose of this paper is to examine the efficiency of the transmission mechanism of the monetary policy in a banking system with excess liquidity. More specifically, it aims to examine how the interest rates of the central bank bills and inflation rate affect total lending and...

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Published in:Economics and Culture
Main Authors: Saiti Dashmir, Gockov Gjorgji, Trenovski Borce
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2021-12-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/jec-2021-0014
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Summary:Research purpose. The purpose of this paper is to examine the efficiency of the transmission mechanism of the monetary policy in a banking system with excess liquidity. More specifically, it aims to examine how the interest rates of the central bank bills and inflation rate affect total lending and the overall economic activity in the country. For this purpose, the analysis is based on the case of the Republic of North Macedonia, whose banking system has exhibited excess liquidity in the past decade.
ISSN:2256-0173